
Book of Lost Threads
Tender, funny and memorable, Book of Lost Threads is a story
about love and loss, parents and children, hope, faith and the value of simple
kindness.
Moss has run away from Melbourne to Opportunity
on the trail of a man she knows only by name. But her arrival sets in train
events that disturb the long-held secrets of three of the town’s inhabitants:
Finn, a brilliant mathematician who has become a recluse; Lily Pargetter,
eighty-three year old knitter of tea-cosies; and Sandy, the town buffoon, who
dreams of a Great Galah.
It is only as Moss, Finn, Lily and Sandy develop
unlikely friendships that they find a way to lay their sorrows to rest and knit
together the threads that will restore them to life.
Book of Lost Threads was published by Allen and Unwin in June 2010 and
reprinted in 2011.
Since publication, I have had an interesting journey of
discovery, speaking at festivals, libraries and book clubs. It has been quite a
learning curve but immensely stimulating.
Tender, funny and memorable, Book of Lost Threads is a story
about love and loss, parents and children, hope, faith and the value of simple
kindness.
Moss has run away from Melbourne to Opportunity
on the trail of a man she knows only by name. But her arrival sets in train
events that disturb the long-held secrets of three of the town’s inhabitants:
Finn, a brilliant mathematician who has become a recluse; Lily Pargetter,
eighty-three year old knitter of tea-cosies; and Sandy, the town buffoon, who
dreams of a Great Galah.
It is only as Moss, Finn, Lily and Sandy develop
unlikely friendships that they find a way to lay their sorrows to rest and knit
together the threads that will restore them to life.
Book of Lost Threads was published by Allen and Unwin in June 2010 and
reprinted in 2011.
Since publication, I have had an interesting journey of
discovery, speaking at festivals, libraries and book clubs. It has been quite a
learning curve but immensely stimulating.