false 39042367 1690078 73297 0842342710 9780842342711 160 <![CDATA[The Scarlet Thread]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/73297.The_Scarlet_Thread 3.82 1553 6492 4.22 26573 3935 1995 1 0 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 01 12:24:59 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 31 12:45:08 -0700 2009 1 Francine River's later work (A Voice in the Wind and An Echo in the Darkness) so I thought this would be an interesting sample of her early books. Unfortunately, it was not very good.

With one exception the characters are not endearing or even appealing so there's no one really...more...]]>