Book of Lost Threads but wool plays a part. . .
Indeed there were many lost threads in this book but wool also played a part. This was a delightful book, another feel good read.
It was so long ago. The person he was then no longer existed. What was he supposed to say to this. . . this interloper who had materialised on his doorstep? Couching down on his haunches, he poked at the fire and looked at her covertly from under his eyebrows. She was obviously waiting for him to say something. He frowned. There was something not quite right . . .What was it?
Moss had run away from Melbourne to Opportunity on the trail of a man she knows only by name. But her arrival set in train events that disturb the long-held secrets of three of the town's inhabitnts: 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.
This is a tender story but also funny. It is about love, loss, parents, children, faith, hope and the value of kindness. This was a very quick read, something light after many thrillers. Also it was delightfully Australian.
Ten Australian books to read before you die.
Much as I dislike the ubiquity of "before you die" when talking about lists, I have used it here as it was the title of the First Tuesday Bookclub on the ABC last Tuesday night.
I thought I would share the ten books with you. Perhaps you have read them. You will find each of each of the books here, including a summary along with the remainder of the top fifty that didn't make the top ten.
The number one book was. . . .
This book won Book of the Year in 2010. It will go on my to read list.
I would be interested to know how many on the list those of you from overseas have read.