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In China there is a belief that people who are destined to be together are connected by an invisible red thread. Who is at the end of your red thread? After losing her infant daughter in a freak accident, Maya Lange opens The Red Thread, an adoption agency that specializes in placing baby girls from China with American families. Maya finds some comfort in her work, until a group of six couples share their personal stories of their desire for a child. Their painful and courageous journey toward adoption forces her to confront the lost daughter of her past. Brilliantly braiding together the stories of Chinese birth mothers who give up their daughters, Ann Hood writes a moving and beautifully told novel of fate and the red thread that binds these characters' lives. Heartrending and wise, The Red Thread is a stirring portrait of unforgettable love and yearning for a baby.
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"The threads come together, the past is left behind, and all of these lives, however compromised, can begin anew. This is a subtle and unusual adoption story, many-layered, exquisitely told." Washington Post
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"Comfort for the frayed heart is Hood's specialty.... Yet the stories of the Chinese families continue to haunt this reader, far longer than those of the happy Americans." Cleveland Plain Dealer
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"The tone here is somber, but in the end these parents are transformed by the healing journeys they have made. Hood offers a thoughtful novel about the yearning for a child." Library Journal
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After losing her infant daughter in a freak accident, Maya Lange opensThe Red Thread, an adoption agency that specializes in placing baby girls from China with American families. Maya finds some comfort in her work, until a group of six couples share their personal stories of their desire for a child. Their painful and courageous journey toward adoption forces her to confront the lost daughter of her past. Brilliantly braiding together the stories of Chinese birth mothers who give up their daughters, Ann Hood writes a moving and beautifully told novel of fate and the red thread that binds these characters lives. Heartrending and wise, The Red Thread is a stirring portrait of unforgettable love and yearning for a baby. "
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From the bestselling author of The Knitting Circle comes a reflection on a mother's powerful journey from loss to love.
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The secrets of Elm Medona thicken . . . with Harry Houdini!
When Great-Uncle Thorne arrives at Elm Medona, Maisie and Felix's lives get shaken up again. Uncle Thorne moves the family into the mansion proper. One night, Great-Aunt Maisie arranges for Thorne, Maisie, and Felix to rendezvous with her in The Treasure Chest. Minutes later, Maisie and Felix find themselves at a magic show on Coney Island in 1893 starring Harry Houdini. As they follow him and his brother Dash to Pennsylvania and Rhode Island and back to New York City, they wonder what has become of Great-Aunt Maisie and Great-Uncle Thorne. Then one evening at Tom Pastor's Famous 14th Street Theater, the curtain opens and all is revealed.
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From the best-selling author of , a mother's powerful journey from loss to love.
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About the Author
Ann Hood is the author of ten books, including An Ornithologist's Guide to Life, The Knitting Circle, and Comfort. Her work has appeared in the Paris Review, Tin House, O, and elsewhere. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.