The Francine Rivers reader

the long version

The scarlet thread (1996) : Two women, one of the nineties the other a young pioneer on the Oregon Trail, are joined through a tattered journal as they contend with God, husbands, and themselves, until they find their true love. Leota's garden (1999) : At eighty-four years old, Leota is alone, and estranged from her adult children. Will there be time to heal the brokeness in their relationship? Whao can possibly help the answer emerges in Leota's garden.