A Single Thread
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
A Single Thread
Buy Now for $26.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Fenella Woolgar
-
By:
-
Tracy Chevalier
About this listen
FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
Violet is 38.
The First World War took everything from her. Her brother, her fiancé – and her future. She is now considered a ‘surplus woman’.
But Violet is also fiercely independent and determined. Escaping her suffocating mother, she moves to Winchester to start a new life –a change that will require courage, resilience and acts of quiet rebellion. And when whispers of another world war surface, she must live with a secret that could change everything…
©2019 Tracy Chevalier (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedCritic Reviews
"Bittersweet...dazzling." (Guardian)
"Deeply pleasurable...the ending made me cry." (The Times)
"Told with a wealth of detail and narrative intensity." (Penelope Lively)
What listeners say about A Single Thread
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Margaret
- 12-02-2024
Thoroughly enjoyable
Well read. Pleasing to listen to. Tracey Chevalier is a good author. Her books are descriptive and a delight to follow.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Angie
- 07-02-2021
Wonderful!
I thoroughly enjoyed this. It was beautifully and emphatically written and the narrator - Fenella Woolgar - really bought the characters, particularly Violet, to life. A slow-paced, character driven novel, with themes of family, friendship, identity, place and a particular time in history, A Single Thread was well researched and beautifully woven together. This was my first book by Tracy Chevalier, but it will certainly not be my last.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 11-02-2021
STIRING
Loved, loved loved it. I got absolutely caught up in the story. Found it refreshing.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Elizabeth
- 25-11-2022
Loved It
A wonderful story, so utterly enjoyable. Couldn’t put it down! (Switch it off) narration was a joy to listen to.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Zimmy
- 10-12-2020
Beautifully peaceful
I would recommend this story to anyone looking for a very pleasant experience, beautifully read as well
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Johnv
- 07-04-2024
Unexpectedly UnPutDownable
When I started listening and realised that embroidery was central to the story I debated whether to continue. I had just completed “American Sniper” and felt that a lightweight inconsequential read might lift my mood.
It did.
But cost me 2 nights sleep.
Thoughtful, beautifully written, and I was sorry that it finished.
Can’t wait to return to Winchester to see the kneelers. From Oz.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Helen B.
- 04-10-2024
Beautiful story teller
I absolutely love Tracy Chevalier, I love the simplicity of her stories, the depth of emotion, the centrality of women.
This is my first audio book of hers and I think it diminished the enjoyment somewhat - potentially the setting in pre WW2 in the UK and the toff English accent of the men which I found at times to be super grating on the ears.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Lucy Purchas
- 08-10-2019
Delightful
A joy to read - loved the history of Winchester Cathedral and the embroiderers! A visual read!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Anonymous User
- 02-01-2020
Interesting and gripping
Unusual subject matter mixed with poignant social commentary
Fabulous narration, could listen all day, i did !!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Shalleycat
- 18-05-2020
Chevalier Creates Depression Tale
Amazing tale of grief, loss; passion and deprivation in Depression England. Like Kate Atkinson, Chevalier reminds us of the cold and hunger of post-war Britain.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!