I was drawn to this book because of the author; she wrote Mercy Street, a favorite book of mine. This book drew me in instantly and I found the narrative compelling but disturbing. Basically, a young American woman gets hit (a hit and run) in Shanghai and is in a coma in a Chinese hospital. Her parents (divorced and estranged) come to China to try to unravel the story. And a story it is! There's a younger sister, Grace, who adores her older sister Lindsay, and Grace was adopted during the period of time when Chinese couples were restricted to the "one child rule." Many gave up their daughters in favor of trying again for a male.
I will say that the last 50 pages or so were a bit hard to handle. I was surprised at a development that occurred in the story at this point and I was therefore distracted, or unengaged a bit for the last 50 pages. I think this was a mistake on my part, however, and if I did not have 4 or 5 books waiting for me at the Library, I may have gone back and re-read these pages again.
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