These Tangled Threads: A Novel of Biltmore

by Sarah Loudin Thomas Narrated by Libby McKnight, Nick Mills, Pilar Witherspoon

Overview

Set in the shadow of the Biltmore Estate, a poignant tale of friendship, restoration, and second chances
Seven years ago, a hidden betrayal scattered three young friends living in the shadow of the great Vanderbilt mansion. Now, when Biltmore Industries master weaver Lorna Blankenship is commissioned to create an original design for Cornelia Vanderbilt's 1924 wedding, she panics
knowing she doesn't have the creativity needed. But there's an elusive artisan in the Blue Ridge Mountains who could save her-if only she knew where to begin.
To track down the mysterious weaver, Lorna sees no other way than to seek out the relationships she abandoned in shame. As she pulls at each tangled thread from her past, Lorna is forced to confront the wounds and regrets of life long ago.
She'll have to risk the job that shapes her identity, as well as the hope of friendship-and love-restored.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

03/01/2024

On the edge of North Carolina's hill country in the 1920s, the magnificent Biltmore estate employs dozens of impoverished, orphaned teenagers and teaches them artisanal trades. The goods they produce have built the Vanderbilt name and fortune, but as industrial manufacturing replaces handcrafted goods, that fortune is beginning to wane. Weaver Lorna Blankenship promises a unique design for Cornelia Vanderbilt's wedding, but everything she produces falls flat. As she goes in search of a mysterious, almost mythical weaver to save her job and the Biltmore company, Lorna remembers a young upstart named Gentry, whom she tried to mentor, and a romance that never quite got off the ground with woodworker Arthur Westcott. The Gilded Age finds Appalachia as Lorna struggles to reconcile her past choices, especially those regarding the apprentice Gentry, with the dreams she has hidden in her heart. VERDICT Thomas (The Finder of Forgotten Things) excels at taking a little-known slice of history and bringing it to life, similar to authors Elizabeth Camden and Laura Frantz.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940190820317
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	04/02/2024
Edition description:	Unabridged

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