The Tenth Stitch

An ancient tome dedicated to embroidery is for Julia Lavet merely a farewell gift from her former lover, a precious trinket that can be placed on a shelf and forgotten. But one day she opens the book and finds someone's handwritten lines in the margins. It is the diary of a girl who lived four centuries ago, named Catherine. She was a maid, an embroiderer, and then a captive of Barbary pirates. Page by page, Julia immerses herself in the story of the stranger. Catherine writes about the sea and the slave market, about Morocco and the people surrounding her, about a love that blossomed where it seemed that only hatred could survive. And then something strange happens. The fates of two women separated by centuries begin to intertwine. Unwillingly, Julia follows in Catherine's footsteps. From misty Cornwall to hot Rabat. From her own shattered past to the secret that a foreign hand tried to preserve on yellowed pages. And there, among the bazaars and minarets, in a city where time flows differently, she awaits not only the revelation of an ancient story.

«The Tenth Stitch» is a novel about losses and gains, about the search for love and one's place in life. Immerse yourself in an atmospheric historical novel with elements of mysticism and mystery: intertwining fates, a diary from the past, the puzzles of ancient books. Perfect for fans of time travel novels, stories about family and personal secrets, books about Morocco and Cornwall, about embroidery and forgotten crafts, about love against the odds and the search for oneself. Looking for a gripping novel about the connection of eras, about how the past invades the present? «The Tenth Stitch» will captivate you from the very first page. A bestseller for lovers of historical prose, women's fiction, and intriguing plots, where every line of the diary is a new mystery.