The Sewing Machine: The absolutely charming must-read Scottish debut novel by the bestselling author of 25 Library Terrace for 2026!

The Sewing Machine follows two families across more than a century, connected by a Singer factory sewing machine and the secrets stitched into its history. In 1911, Jean prepares to join a mass strike at the Singer factory in Scotland, an event that will transform her life. Decades later in Edinburgh, Connie embroiders coded moments of her own life into a notebook, continuing a practice her mother began. More than 100 years after his grandmother's sewing machine was manufactured, Fred uncovers a collection of documents that reveal his family's hidden past. Through unfamiliar handwriting and colorful seams, he begins to unravel the secrets of four generations, one stitch at a time. The novel weaves together three perspectives across time, exploring how personal histories are preserved and discovered through the threads of a single object.