Synopsis
When Henry and Anne meet in 1970, they presume they're meeting for the first time.
They don't know they were married 434 years before. They don't know they parted on bad terms. Anne has no idea why she has a compulsion to punish Henry, a man she's only just met, and he has no idea why he can't be near her without falling in love.
And they don't know they are bona fide soul mates, bound to each other through eternity. They don't know that this meeting is a test...
Several lifetimes ago, and hundreds of years earlier in 1536, Henry and Anne were at the mercy of influences outside their control, explosively incompatible, and caught in a marriage that ended in betrayal so shocking that Anne required lifetimes to recover.
Henry, seemingly in defense of Anne (but more likely acting out of "stubborn perverseness", she observes), terrorized England and decreed widespread political murder in order to protect her. Ultimately, to Anne's horror, this once passionate husband turned on her and had her executed as well.
Threads, a reincarnation fantasy, opens with Anne's execution. Her fury at her husband’s betrayal has enough momentum to survive centuries, but in Threads she learns that she has been assigned a hard task: she must review their history together through a number of past lives, and find it within herself to forgive him. This may prove difficult and take some time. The husband in question is Henry VIII. The narrator is the stubborn, volatile Anne Boleyn, who is not at all inclined to forgive.
It is a very unusual love story.
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** FIVE STARS **
Nell Gavin does a remarkable job of reaching into the essence of Anne Boleyn. Brava, Nell Gavin. -- Jack Mauro, author of GAY STREET and SPITE HALL, January 2002
** FIVE STARS **
THREADS will find its way onto the "top ten life-changing books" lists of many future readers... -- Ian R. Thorpe, writer, poet and broadcaster
** FIVE STARS **
Threads is not your run-of-the-mill historical novel. Nell Gavin's imagination shines through, and her research is meticulous. -- Curled Up With a Good Book, February 2002
THREADS will find its way onto the "top ten life-changing books" lists of many future readers... -- Ian R. Thorpe, writer, poet and broadcaster, January 2002
The author does a remarkable job of reaching into the essence of Anne Boleyn. Brava, Nell Gavin. -- Jack Mauro, author of GAY STREET and SPITE HALL, January 2002
This is a strong, smart, captivating work. -- Writer's Digest, May 2002
Wonderful. A great concept, well-written and well-organized - a beautifully woven tapestry. -- Independent Publishers Online, June 2002
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2000 William Faulkner Competition finalist for best novel.
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