Threads: The Reincarnation of Anne Boleyn
I have just published my interview with Nell Gavin, author of Threads: The Reincarnation of Anne Boleyn.
Threads was Nell Gavin’s first novel published in 2001 and a William Faulkner Competition finalist for best novel.
Here is the synopsis:
It’s 1970. Anne and Henry still have issues they need to address. It’s been 434 years since they parted – on bad terms – and they haven’t spoken since. Henry now has problems with alcohol, drugs and irresponsibility, and Anne is still holding onto a grudge.
They don’t know they were married 434 years ago. They don’t know they parted on bad terms. Anne has no idea why she has a compulsion to punish him, a man she’s only just met, and Henry has no idea why he can’t be near her without falling in love.
Threads, a reincarnation fantasy, opens with Anne’s death in 1536. Her husband Henry, seemingly in defense of Anne (but more likely acting out of “stubborn perverseness,” she observes), has terrorized England and decreed murder after political murder to protect her. Ultimately, to Anne’s horror, he made the decision to have her executed as well.
Anne’s 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 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.
In our interview Nell shares her inspiration behind the book, her thoughts on reincarnation and much more!
Read the full interview here.
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