A Measured Thread
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $3.99
Publisher Description
Fifty years is a long time to keep a secret.
Looking back on her life, Maggie O'Connor is rightfully pleased. Fifty years ago she left Ireland with a single suitcase and a dream. After a long and satisfying career, she is enjoying retirement on her farm in rural Wisconsin — until she falls.
Determined to regain her independence, she hires Isobel, a young woman who is also an emigrant. Helping Maggie clean house, Isobel finds a cache of letters that Maggie wrote to her parents those many years ago and begins to read them aloud to Maggie.
But the letters contain a secret, one that Maggie has kept for fifty years. A secret that threatens to destroy her life and that of the people around her. With little time left, she must make a choice — give up, or face her past.
A Measured Thread is a powerful story that explores questions of guilt, abandonment, redemption, and the consequences of the choices we make.
Customer Reviews
Nice read, but…
It’s an easy read and I enjoyed it. I grew up near where the story takes place and hunted in the marsh nearby. I did not, however, like the ending. I don’t want to give it away so I’ll try to be vague. I think the main character was selfish and out of character by almost doing what she intended to do where she almost did it. On a public beach where there are kids and in another country? Really?