A Shimmering Thread Kindle Edition

When loss and despair engulf you, what does it take to move forward?In 1920, from Abruzzo, Italy, young war widow and embroiderer, Clementina, agrees to escort a 7-year-old orphan to relatives in Henley Beach, South Australia. She’s also coming to look for her missing brother and a new way to support herself. When she meets a wounded soldier at Lady Galway’s Convalescent Home, also using his embroidery skills to start again, both must decide whether to cling to the past or bravely forge a new, shared future.Healing may come not from returning to what was lost, but from creating something tender and true together.A story steeped in ancient Abruzzese legends and traditions and introducing the vibrant seaside community of Henley Beach as it throws away its rural mantle to become the glittering jewel of the coastal communities. Read more