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The Red Thread

By: Ann Hood
Narrated by: Hillary Huber
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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. 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 birth mothers who give up their daughters, 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 a stirring portrait of unforgettable love and yearning for a baby.

©2010 Ann Hood (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adoption China Heartfelt Fiction Family Life Literature & Fiction Growing Up & Facts of Life Growing Up Feel-Good Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Critic reviews

“[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)
Emotional Journey • Beautiful Storytelling • Great Narration • Enjoyable Plot • Compelling Adoption Stories • Good Flow

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beautiful story but the then she said, then he said was a bit much in the beginning. you get used to it. a bit hard to follow with al the characters.

cute and simple

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Enjoyable listen but emotional journey. Be prepared to contemplate the joys and woes of what it means to be a parent, mother, daughter, and family.

Well read

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Found myself identifying w/a few of the parents in this book even though we had two healthy babies w/no problems. Fascinating story of adoption and families.

Beautiful and interesting

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none of the couples should have been given babies. bunch of dysfunctional people
narrator was best part and may be only redeeming part

dysfunctional people adopting

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The Red Thread is an amazing real time account of heart-wrenching Laws, Choices, Circumstances, Decisions, Injustices, Sorrows bundled-up into an infinity of possibilities that give way to: MUCH LUCK, GOOD FORTUNE, BRIGHT FUTURES & the reality of GREAT JOY

…a flame in the darkness

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