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A Measured Thread - by Mary Behan (Paperback)

A Measured Thread - by  Mary Behan (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Fifty years ago Maggie left Ireland with a suitcase and a dream. She is enjoying retirement until she falls. To regain her independence, she hires Isobel, who finds a cache of letters that contain a secret that threatens to destroy her life and that of the people around her. With little time left, she has to choose - give up, or face her past.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong><em>Fifty years is a long time to keep a secret.</em></strong></p><p>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 long and satisfying career, she is enjoying retirement on her farm in rural Wisconsin -- until she falls. </p><p>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.</p><p>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. </p><p><em>A Measured Thread</em> is a powerful story that explores questions of guilt, abandonment, redemption, and the consequences of the choices we make.</p>

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