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These Tangled Threads
Christian fiction
These Tangled Threads
368 pages · First published 2024
In the shadow of Biltmore Estate, master weaver Lorna Blankenship receives a prestigious commission to create an original design for Cornelia Vanderbilt’s 1924 wedding. The opportunity becomes a crisis because Lorna lacks the creative gift she needs and knows the one artisan who might save the project is connected to friendships she abandoned after a hidden betrayal seven years earlier. Finding the elusive weaver forces her to return to people she hurt and confront the shame that has shaped her life ever since. Moving across several years and intertwined lives, the novel uses the crafts of weaving and woodworking to explore restoration, friendship, vocation, and the possibility of second chances.
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Deception and betrayal; disappearance of a young woman; grief and loss; difficult friendship; family/community conflict; romantic longing.
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