The Thread

Author: Victoria Hislop

“A brilliant page turner…rich with drama and historical detail.”—Glamour (UK)A beautiful and epic novel that spans nearly a hundred years, The Thread is a magnificent story of a friendship and a love that endures through the catastrophes and upheavals of the twentieth century—both natural and man-made—in the turbulent city of Thessaloniki, Greece. Victoria Hislop, internat….Read More

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