Overview
From the New York Times bestselling author of Mercy Street, a tense, propulsive family drama set in Shanghai, where a fractured American family faces its complicated past
Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak get a phone call no parent is prepared for: their 22-year-old daughter Lindsey, teaching English in China during a college gap year, has been critically injured in a hit and run accident. At a Shanghai hospital they wait at her bedside, hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.
The accident unearths a deeper fissure in the family: the shocking event that ended the Litvaks’ marriage and turned Lindsey against them. Estranged from her parents, she has confided only in her younger sister, Grace, adopted as an infant from China. As Claire and Aaron struggle to get their bearings in bustling, cosmopolitan Shanghai, the newly prosperous “miracle city,” they face troubling questions about Lindsey’s life there, in which nothing is quite as it seems.
With her trademark psychological acuity, Jennifer Haigh delivers a taut, suspenseful story about family, secret lives, and the unbreakable bond between two sisters, the fabled red thread that ties them together across time and space.
“Ms. Haigh is an expertly nuanced storyteller long overdue for major attention. Her work is gripping, real, and totally immersive, akin to that of writers as different as Richard Price, Richard Ford, and Richard Russo.” ― The New York Times
Review
Four years after their bitter divorce, Claire and Aaron Litvak get a phone call no parent is prepared for: their 22-year-old daughter Lindsey, teaching English in China during a college gap year, has been critically injured in a hit and run accident. At a Shanghai hospital they wait at her bedside, hoping for the best and preparing for the worst.
I loved the unique differences between the characters. Not sure if I can describe quite what I mean. Just know that every single character is different and they have something unique that draws the reader to them. They have quirks that every one of us can relate to, especially in the time of stress. And these parents are under immense pressure.
This tale had me really wondering where it was going. There were so many directions this author could have taken this story. I love the direction she chose and the secrets that were kept…even from the reader!
I have read several books by this author and they have all been wonderful! And this one is another good one!
The narrators, Katharine Chin; Yu-Li Alice Shen, are superb!
Need a suspenseful tale full of secrets…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today.
I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.
Purchase Here
reecaspieces 