The Wishing Thread: A Novel

The Wishing Thread: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢ USA TODAY BESTSELLER

â€œReader to reader, knitter to knitter: Youâ€™re going to love this book.â€â€”Debbie Macomber

For fans of Jennifer Chiaverini and Sarah Addison Allen, The Wishing Thread is an enchanting novel about the bonds between sisters, the indelible pull of the past, and the transformational power of love.
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The Van Ripper women have been the talk of Tarrytown, New York, for centuries. Some say theyâ€™re angels; some say theyâ€™re crooks. In their tumbledown â€œStitchery,â€ not far from the stomping grounds of the legendary Headless Horseman, the Van Ripper sistersâ€”Aubrey, Bitty, and Meggieâ€”are said to knit peopleâ€™s most ardent wishes into beautiful scarves and mittens, granting them health, success, or even a blossoming romance. But for the magic to work, sacrifices must be madeâ€”and no one knows that better than the Van Rippers.
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When the Stitchery matriarch, Mariah, dies, she leaves the yarn shop to her three nieces. Aubrey, shy and reliable, has dedicated her life to weaving spells for the community, though her sisters have long stayed away. Bitty, pragmatic and persistent, has always been skeptical of magic and wants her children to have a normal, nonmagical life. Meggie, restless and free-spirited, follows her own set of rules. Now, after Mariahâ€™s death forces a reunion, the sisters must reassess the state of their lives even as they decide the fate of the Stitchery. But their relationships with one anotherâ€”and their beliefs in magicâ€”are put to the test. Will the threads hold?

BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Lisa Van Allenâ€™s The Night Garden.

Praise for The Wishing Thread
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â€œWith deft needlework, a dash of folklore, and some good old-fashioned family angst, Lisa Van Allen knits together the threads of second chances, the pleasure of giving, the complications of sisterhood, and love. Thereâ€™s a bit of magic in The Wishing Thread, in the words and the story as well as in the yarn.â€â€”Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Wednesday Sisters
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â€œRich in myth and mystery, The Wishing Thread explores the tangle that is being a womanâ€”from family and friendship to romance and community. Prepare to be ensnared, enthralled, enchanted!â€â€”USA Today bestselling author Christie Ridgway
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â€œThe Wishing Thread is a lyrical, emotional, finely knit portrayal of three sisters struggling with love, magic and sacrifice. This is the best book Iâ€™ve read all year.â€â€”Lisa Verge Higgins, author of The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship
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â€œAn intriguing story of three sisters tied by blood and a strange inheritance, each searching for a way to belong in that place where magic and life intersect. Wonderful!â€â€”Shelley Noble, author of Beach Colors
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â€œVan Allen knits together this pleasantly entertaining tale as easily as the Van Ripper women knit together the often unraveling threads of peopleâ€™s lives. . . . Chick-lit cozy meets magical realism with inevitably warm and fuzzy results.â€â€”Booklist
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â€œFans of magical realism will want to pick up this enjoyable novel, which not only weaves magic through stitchery, but also weaves a realistic story about family and sisterhood and the threads that pull us back home.â€â€”RT Book Reviews

Includes an exclusive conversation between Sarah Addison Allen and Lisa Van Allen.Â Join the Random House Readerâ€™s Circle for author chats and more.
Country USA
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-08-27
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-08-27
Format	Kindle eBook

The Wishing Thread: A Novel

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