Threads of Hope
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Passed over for promotion and dumped by her boyfriend, Nina O'Malley is further frustrated when her editor assigns her one of the "soft" stories she despises—covering a gala benefit supporting the AIDS Memorial Quilt. More determined than ever to prove she deserves a promotion to the NY office, Nina decides to write a series featuring a local quilting group raising money for AIDs research. At the event, she runs into her high school nemesis: Greg is a widower and the adoptive father of Jazarah, an HIV positive girl from Ethiopia. Unlike Nina, Greg has faith in a loving God, and he trusts in God's plan for his life. Greg and Nina grow closer, and as Nina interviews the quilt families, she begins to question the choices she has made and her lack of faith. Nina suddenly finds herself facing two possible dreams, two paths for her life.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Allan (The Edge of Grace) underperforms in her newest, the next installment in the variegated, multi-author Quilts of Love series. Ambitious journalist Nina O'Malley is disgruntled after being passed over for a move to her magazine's New York office, and her promoted colleague not only has Nina's coveted spot but also her photographer ex-boyfriend. Nina's plan to distinguish herself by turning a fluffy charity gala assignment into a heartfelt feature series about AIDS leads her to revelations about her past when she encounters Greg Hernandez, now a veterinarian and widowed adoptive father of an HIV-positive Ethiopian girl. Formerly Hernandez was the popular jock who humiliated her in high school. The inspirational novelist nobly wants to take her characters on redemptive journeys, but she relies too much on earnestness and easy pathos (a motherless, HIV-positive child) and too little on original characterization. The relationship between Nina and her dog Manny is fresher and more engaging than that between Nina and Greg. Allan is capable of doing better.
