The crimson thread
Subtitle: a retelling of Rumpelstilskin
By: Suzanne Weyn.
Edition: 1st Simon Pulse ed.
Series: Once upon a time
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781416959434
Subjects: Fairy tales; Dressmakers -- Fiction; Irish Americans -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: In this retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, a young Irish seamstress, employed by the wealthy Wellington family in 1880s New York City, tries to make good her father's boast that she can "practically spin straw into gold" despite the heavy price she is asked to pay.