A Measured Thread, Mary Behan
A Measured Thread, Mary Behan
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A Measured Thread

Author: Mary Behan

Narrator: Mary Behan

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2020

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Women

Synopsis

Looking back on her life, Maggie O'Connor is rightfully pleased. fifty years ago she left Ireland with a single suitcase and a dream. After a long and satisfying career, she is enjoying retirement on her farm in rural Wisconsin — until she falls. Determined to regain her independence, she hires Isobel, a young woman who is also an emigrant. Helping Maggie clean house, Isobel finds a cache of letters that Maggie wrote to her parents those many years ago and begins to read them aloud to Maggie. But the letters contain a secret, one that Maggie has kept for fifty years. A secret that threatens to destroy her life and that of the people around her. With little time left, she must make a choice — give up, or face her past.A Measured Thread is a powerful story that explores questions of guilt, abandonment, redemption, and the consequences of the choices we make.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bonnye Reed on December 26, 2020

I received a free electronic ARC of this excellent historical novel on December 1, 2020, from Netgalley, author Mary Behan, and publishers Lawrence Gate Press and BooksGoSocial. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read this novel of my own volition, and this review reflects my h......more

Goodreads review by Jody on December 08, 2020

This book felt like a warm hug. Heartwarming and soothing. Behan does an excellent job with the imagery - I can see Maggie so clearly, in her rustic cabin on the Wisconsin prairie. Feisty and capable, taking care of her land, and creating community. Maggie is a character I loved to read about (prequ......more

Goodreads review by DaphneMC on June 12, 2020

A Measured Thread is a satisfying, thoughtful and thought-provoking story; I highly recommend it. The book itself is a lovely thing to own, its cover a superb landscape by Wisconsin painter Gina Hecht and with typeface and layout that are pleasing and refreshingly comfortable to read. In quiet retir......more

Goodreads review by Jon on July 14, 2020

This tale of Maggie O’Connor is an exquisite and delightful portrayal of the life of an elderly Irish woman who immigrated to America in her early twenties to pursue what has always been her ‘dream,’ to maximize her intellectual curiosity and potential while sharing it with others. Sure...rightful c......more

Goodreads review by Gregory on May 11, 2020

A MEASURED THREAD by Mary Behan was written in such an authentic voice and laced with such emotion, I felt I was reading a gripping memoir. But it’s not a memoir, it’s a wonderful novel that tells the story of a woman’s search for peace and forgiveness as she reaches the end of her years. The protag......more

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