THE GOLDEN THREAD
Intricate threads from the past and the present bind together a yellow silk dress, lost gold and a missing grandmother in a twisty historical mystery
Maitland, 1889
When eighteen-year-old Constance Montague wakes one Wednesday she expects the day to unfold like any other. Breakfast with her grandmother Nell and her mother Faith, a meeting in Maitland with the ladies of the Benevolent Society, perhaps a gentle stroll along the banks of the Hunter River. But this Wednesday is different. Nell has vanished.
Concerned, Connie determines to track Nell down and follows a lead to Old Government House in Parramatta, now a boarding house. There, to her astonishment she finds her grandmother holding court.
When Nell introduces her as her companion, and not her granddaughter, to a varied cast of colourful guests, including a frail but observant old lady, a travelling salesmen, a bearded lothario, a clever articled clerk, a lively seamstress and an enigmatic housekeeper who is connected with Nell's past, Connie begins to realise that her grandmother is not who she seems. Nell is looking for something and following a thread stitched long ago, a thread that leads from some missing gold, to a silk damask dress and the attic of Government House. As the story unravels so do the secrets of the past, secrets that surface into the present to threaten not just Nell, but Connie too.
When eighteen-year-old Constance Montague wakes one Wednesday she expects the day to unfold like any other. Breakfast with her grandmother Nell and her mother Faith, a meeting in Maitland with the ladies of the Benevolent Society, perhaps a gentle stroll along the banks of the Hunter River. But this Wednesday is different. Nell has vanished.
Concerned, Connie determines to track Nell down and follows a lead to Old Government House in Parramatta, now a boarding house. There, to her astonishment she finds her grandmother holding court.
When Nell introduces her as her companion, and not her granddaughter, to a varied cast of colourful guests, including a frail but observant old lady, a travelling salesmen, a bearded lothario, a clever articled clerk, a lively seamstress and an enigmatic housekeeper who is connected with Nell's past, Connie begins to realise that her grandmother is not who she seems. Nell is looking for something and following a thread stitched long ago, a thread that leads from some missing gold, to a silk damask dress and the attic of Government House. As the story unravels so do the secrets of the past, secrets that surface into the present to threaten not just Nell, but Connie too.
Ms Cooper’s descriptions are always beautifully rendered and it is easy to get a sense of where you are in both location and history. Her research skills are exceptional and her ability to weave history through fiction is well demonstrated in The Golden Thread. Cindy L Spear
Tea Cooper always presents outstanding Australian historical fiction and her latest, The Golden Thread, is no exception...a masterfully crafted tale of mystery and intrigue. Great Reads & Tea Leaves
What I found most engaging about The Golden Thread was the vivid imagery of the thread woven throughout the storyline. The symbol of the antique gown is both powerful and poignant, and I particularly loved how the intertwined threads of the dress are intricately bound together, so too are their lives, delicately interwoven. Better Reading
Tea Cooper always presents outstanding Australian historical fiction and her latest, The Golden Thread, is no exception...a masterfully crafted tale of mystery and intrigue. Great Reads & Tea Leaves
What I found most engaging about The Golden Thread was the vivid imagery of the thread woven throughout the storyline. The symbol of the antique gown is both powerful and poignant, and I particularly loved how the intertwined threads of the dress are intricately bound together, so too are their lives, delicately interwoven. Better Reading
Tea's books are available in print, digital and audio from her publisher
HarperCollins, in all Australian bookshops
and at Booktopia, Amazon, Apple Books, Google and Kobo.
HarperCollins, in all Australian bookshops
and at Booktopia, Amazon, Apple Books, Google and Kobo.
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