{"product_id":"9781908800862","title":"The Silver Thread","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1840: a young woman boards a prison ship bound for the other side of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'An exciting, spirited and ambitious tale.' Andrew Miller, Costa-award winning author of Pure. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e''The day was dove grey, and silk. A melancholic cloth that whispered and rustled. Who could say what it foretold.' \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDublin, 1840: Rhia Mahoney watches in despair as her father's linen warehouse goes up in flames. Her family is ruined. Her imagined future, full of pattern and colour, plum brocades and beetle-green taffeta, crumbles to ashes. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeeking work as a governess in dismal London, Rhia's life is changed beyond all imagination when her uncle, a shipping merchant, commits suicide. Rhia cannot – will not – believe he would take his own life, but before she can investigate, she is accused of a crime she didn't commit, and forced to board a prison ship bound for New South Wales. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe voyage is one of dry biscuits and endless sea, made bearable by the women's daily chore: to sew scraps of cloth into an elaborate quilt. What Rhia does not realise is that with every stich, she binds herself closer to a journey of discovery that will not end in Australia... \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeaving death, love and adventure into a vivid tale of the world at the height of Empire, The Silver Thread is plotted like a murder mystery, but narrated with the skill and style of a literary storyteller. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151457075440,"sku":"9781908800862","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781908800862_p0.jpg?v=1763621796","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781908800862","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}