Eighteen and pregnant, Theresa holds the answers to her family’s mysteries and is left to carry the burden of their mistakes. Now the Leongs’ survival rests with young Theresa, Frank’s only grandchild. Still, the island continues to whisper - fragmented pieces of truth and chatter - until a letter arrives two decades later, carrying a confession that shatters the family even further. Left to rebuild in their patriarch’s shadow, the surviving Leongs attempt a new, ordinary life, vowing to bury their gilded past. When Frank Leong is murdered on Oahu, his family is thrown into a perilous downward spiral. According to Chinese legend, the red string binds one to her intended beloved, but also punishes for mistakes in love, twisting any misstep into a destructive knot that passes down through generations. But something ancient follows the Leongs to the islands, haunting them - the parable of the red string of fate. Published by HarperCollins on April 14th 2015įrank Leong, a prominent shipping industrialist and head of the celebrated Leong family, brings his loved ones from China to Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century, abandoning his interests at the port of Tsingtao when the Japanese invade. There’s one big reason I wanted to check out Cecily Wong’s Diamond Head – my mother’s family’s last name is Wong, and hey, I might somehow be related somehow? □ Diamond Head by Cecily Wong
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