The Red Thread

The other day I was early for an appointment and went into a book shop for a browse. I came across this great little book "The Red Thread - A LOVE STORY" Written by Leslie Walters and Designed by Paul Dashwood. It is a wonderful story told as a poem. It was really quick and easy to read, and very touching. The book is also a visual delight. The following is from the first couple of pages....

   "As single threads we join this world,
    As single threads we leave,
    In between we're stitched together
    By the lives that we each weave
    I found myself once woven,
    By a lost but loving heart,
    Into a bright red jacket
    Made of love once torn apart.
    But love's the strongest thread of all,
    It never really breaks,
    In parting it gets stronger,
    And greater love it makes.
    The story that I tell here
    (As you'll gather once you've read),
    Is that when we weave with love
    We need no other thread."

What attracted me to this book at first was the title. I had read a book quite a few years back titled "The Red Thread" by Nicholas Jose which I really enjoyed. It's a love story set in Shaghai. The character's lives mirror those in an old Chinese tale, Six Chapters of a Floating Life. In the book whenever the charcters read/refer to the tale the writing is in red - such a great novelty...I am a really visual person! I can't actually remember much detail about the book and so am very tempted to read it again.

Comments

[Kristen Robisnon]

I must find this book, if those are the words that grace the first pages I cannot wait to read the rest...my eyes are fulled with tears.
XO
Kristen