The Threads That Bind Us

About the Book

This is a novel about a lonely woman who thinks she has nothing to give to the world anymore. A widow whose children have all moved away from their hometown, and a retired nurse, is searching for something to give her life meaning. She doesn’t understand that in reaching out to latch key kids who go to her house every day, she is bringing some meaning and hope to the lives of young people. When new neighbors move in across the road, her life turns around dramatically. She is not sure what she has to offer this young couple who have just moved from Aberdeen. She fears that once they make friends of their own age, they won’t have need of her anymore. There are surprising twists and turns in this story that will intrigue and delight as events bring new friendships of all ages along the way.

About the Author

Pauline was born the oldest of 8 children, in Norton Village in the town of Stockton-on-Tees, England. Pauline has loved writing since her very first essay. Pauline has had a wide and varied experience of life. She has lived in Hong Kong, Germany, and now resides in California, USA. Pauline is a keen observer of people and the lives of ordinary families in each place she has lived. Pauline’s education included a Secondary Modern school, Technical colleges, and Community colleges, as well as an education of life. She was an air force wife in the RAF, a single mother working as a cook in Germany, and now as a married woman in a blended family of 5 children. Pauline has always been a keen reader, and writer, preferring to read about people and their lives, and writing about real life.