The Red Thread, Ann Hood
The Red Thread, Ann Hood
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The Red Thread
A Novel

Author: Ann Hood

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 7 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/03/2010

Categories: Fiction, Women

Synopsis

In China there is a belief that people who are destined to be together are connected by an invisible 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 desire for a child. Their painful and courageous journey toward adoption forces Maya to confront the lost daughter of her past.Brilliantly braiding together the stories of Chinese mothers who must give up their daughters with stories of the modern American women who yearn for a child of their own, Ann Hood writes a moving and beautifully told novel of the red thread of fate that binds these characters’ lives. Heartrending and wise, The Red Thread is an unforgettable portrait of the incomparable power of a mother’s love.

About Ann Hood

Ann Hood is the author of more than a dozen books, including the bestselling novels The Book That Matters Most and The Knitting Circle, and three memoirs.

About Hillary Huber

Hillary Huber is one of the most successful voice talents in Los Angeles. Recent books read for Blackstone Audio include Him, Her, Him Again, the End of Him by Patricia Marx, A Field of Darkness by Cornelia Read, and A Map of Glass by Jane Urquhart.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ria

Wow. I was very disappointed with this book. I worry that people who read this book who may be considering adoption themselves will come away with the wrong idea, especially since it seems the author herself lost a child and then adopted from China. As one who has studied international adoption and......more

Goodreads review by Sharon

I am so grateful to have found BT. My reading experiences this year have been incredible and it's largely thanks to the thoughtful reviews I've been exposed to and the challenges we've been set. Ann Hood was our author read for the month of June was one I otherwise may never have discovered but she......more

Goodreads review by Toni

The real poignancy in this novel for me was the stories of the Chinese women who had to give up their baby girls because of the barbaric "one child policy" impossed on approximately one-third of the population. How utterly heartbreaking. Yet in this novel we rejoice with couples longing for a child......more

Goodreads review by Stacy

Although I hoped to enjoy the story line of this book, I ended up being very disappointed. I work in the adoption field and fear that readers get a very wrong idea about what it's like to pursue an international adoption. The points I would like to make about this book are: ~ families are never perfe......more

Quotes

“A work of aching beauty and indelible grace.”  Dennis Lehane, New York Times bestselling author 

“A wisely woven novel.” Elle

“Hope sinks and floats again in Hood’s lovely, perceptive tale.” Good Housekeeping

“A subtle and unusual adoption story, many-layered, exquisitely told.”
Washington Post

“Hood wears her big heart on her sleeve…Her prose…shines in the portraits of the Chinese families who give up their daughters.” Cleveland Plain Dealer

“[An] engaging new tearjerker…The individual arcs are woven together beautifully…Hood’s sensitive depiction of her characters’ hopes and fears makes for a moving story of dedication, forgiveness, and love.” Publishers Weekly

“An altogether entertaining read.” Booklist

“Like her bestselling The Knitting Circle, Hood’s new novel features the themes of loss and reconnection…Hood offers a thoughtful novel about the yearning for a child that’s primed to be a book club pick. Readers who enjoyed Hood’s last novel or are fans of writers like Jacqueline Mitchard will enjoy this as well.” Library Journal

“Moving…raw and riveting…ends with a pleasing sense that the red thread is more than a myth.” Kirkus Reviews

“Hillary Huber genuinely portrays the array of characters in this three-part story: the Chinese families forced to cast aside baby girls, the joy and fear of the American adoptive parents, and Maya’s grief over the accidental death of her own child. Huber excels in her narration of the Chinese women’s stories. She embodies the pain of the mothers, particularly one who sews a pattern on her baby’s blanket as a clue to her birth village. Like Hood’s other novel, The Knitting Circle, this is a compelling story of human ingenuity.” AudioFile

Awards

  • AudioFile Earphones Award
  • Indie Next List
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