THE RED THREAD

Book ID/图书代码： 02330015B81986

English Summary/英文概要： “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 specializing in placing baby girls from China. Maya finds some comfort in her work, until a group of six couples forces her to confront her past and move forward by sharing their own stories with her. What none of them know is the stories of the mothers in China who give up their daughters. Yet those women change all of their lives. A Chinese legend says that our children are connected to us with an invisible red thread. No matter how tangled or frayed it becomes, our child is at the other end. Maya, these families and these mothers faraway all discover what the red thread means in their lives.

• Chosen as a featured alternate selection in the Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club and BOMC2

• May 2010 Indie Next List Great Read • Ann Hood named a 2011 Literary Lights by the Boston Public Library

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “在中国，人们相信一根看不见的红线会将注定在一起的人连接在一起。你红线的另一端会是谁呢？” Maya Lange在一场可怕的事故中失去了自己的女儿，之后，她开办了“红线”一家专门收养中国女孩的收养机构。她在工作中寻求慰藉，直到6对夫妇与她分享各自的故事，迫使她重新面对过去并迈向未来。而他们对在中国抛弃自己女儿的母亲们的故事一无所知。而这些母亲也都改变了自己的命运。不论这根红线多么曲折缠绕，另一端都连着我们的孩子。Maya和这些收养家庭以及远在中国的母亲们都发现了红线在他们生活中的意义所在。（LYR）

Awards/获奖情况：•被文学协会、布尔迪读书俱乐部和BOMC2选为特色精选图书

•2010年5月，Indie Next List Great Read

•2011年，作者被波士顿公共图书馆提名为“Literary Lights”

• “Hood对人物的希望和恐惧进行了细腻的描绘，讲述了一个关于奉献、原谅和爱的感人故事。”——《出版商周刊》

•“Hood讲述了一个有关对孩子的渴望的动人故事，必将成为读书俱乐部的热门选择。喜欢Hood上一部小说或喜欢Jacqueline Mitchard这类作家的读者一定也会爱上本书。”——《图书馆期刊》

•“Ann Hood探索了各对夫妇在领养中国孩子过程中的不同理由和反应。对于不理解人们为何选择海外领养的读者来说，本书启发人心又温暖人心”——Bookpage.com

• “Hood’s sensitive depiction of her characters’ hopes and fears makes for a moving story of dedication, forgiveness, and love.” Publishers Weekly

• “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

• “Is it chance or an invisible Red Thread that connects parents to the children they were meant to have? In her new novel, Ann Hood weaves together the lives of five Rhode Island couples who yearn for children and the Chinese babies who are abandoned half a world away. This is the story of love and hope and new beginnings—Ann Hood does not disappoint!”–Pat Coussa, Island Books, Middletown, RI

• “Ann Hood handles a large cast of characters with elegance, never fragmenting the story or treating the people superficially. Readers will find themselves pulled fully into these lives…THE RED THREAD is filled with redemption, sorrow, hope, forgiveness and love. Reading it is an emotional journey. Highly recommended.”–BookReporter.com

• “Ann Hood explores the reasons and reactions different couples have in the course of adopting children from China.…For readers who don’t know a lot about foreign adoption or why a couple might choose to go that route, the book is illuminating and heartwarming.”–Bookpage.com

• “This is a heart-wrenching story, in the same way that her prior book THE KNITTING CIRCLE tugged hard at your emotions. Ann Hood writes grief and regret from a place deep within her own emotional core, having been through the depths of hell with the sudden death of her own 5-year-old daughter. But where THE KNITTING CIRCLE left me sad, this new book left me feeling hopeful.” – Katie O’Sullivan

About the Author/作者介绍： Ann Hood的畅销书包括《鸟类学家生活指南（An Ornithologist’s Guide to Life）》《针织圈（The Knitting Circle）》《舒适（Comfort）》《红线（The Red Thread）》和《讣告作家（The Obituary Writer）》。她的作品还刊登于《巴黎评论》《Tin House》《O》《欧普拉杂志》等。她居住在罗德岛的普罗维登斯。

Ann Hood’s bestselling books include An Ornithologist’s Guide to Life, The Knitting Circle, Comfort, The Red Thread, and The Obituary Writer. Her work has appeared in The Paris Review, Tin House, O, The Oprah Magazine, and elsewhere. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：• Audio rights licensed to Blackstone Audio (via Pub) • Foreign rights licensed to Rizzoli (Italy), Pi Press (Serbia) •音频版本的权利已授权给Blackstone Audio(via Pub) •海外权利已授权给Rizzoli (意大利)、Pi Press (塞尔维亚)

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