A Thread So Fine: A Novel

Can love for a secret child heal old wounds?St. Paul, MN, 1946: Introspective Shannon Malone and hermore popular sister Eliza are Irish twins and best friends. As little girls,they relied on each other for companionship and affection as their motherremained distant, beating back the demons of her own mysterious childhood. Withthe war finally over, womanhood approaches and both girls look forward topromising--though different--futures. But when tragedy rocks their family,silence and shame bloom and one sister leaves, possibly forever. Heart-brokenand physically scarred, the other secretly vows to hold the invisible threadthat runs deeply between them. In the course of her journey she encounters achild with a hidden past, and discovers the true meaning of family. But is itenough to bring her sister home?