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Wong, Cecily.
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Families -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
Hawaii -- Fiction.
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Wong, Cecily.
Families -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
Hawaii -- Fiction.
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Diamond
Head
: a
novel
/ Cecily Wong.
by
Wong, Cecily.
Harper, [2015]
Call #:
FICTION WON
Subjects
Families -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
Hawaii -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780062345431
0062345435
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
312 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"Frank 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. But something ancient follows the Leongs to the islands, haunting them--the parable of the red string of fate. 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. When Frank Leong is murdered on Oahu, his family is thrown into a perilous downward spiral. Left to rebuild in their patriarch's shadow, the surviving Leongs attempt a new, ordinary life, vowing to bury their gilded past. 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. Now the Leongs' survival rests with young Theresa, Frank's only grandchild. Eighteen and pregnant, Theresa holds the answers to her family's mysteries and is left to carry the burden of their mistakes. On the day of her father's funeral, as the Leongs gather to mourn the loss of their firstborn son, Theresa must decide what stories to tell, with whom to side, and which knots will endure for another generation. Told through the eyes of the Leongs' secret-keeping daughters and wives--and spanning the Boxer Rebellion, Pearl Harbor, and 1960s Hawaii--Diamond
Head
is an exploration of whether there's such a thing as a legacy of the heart. Passionate and devastating, it is a story filled with love, lies, loss, and--most astounding of all--hope."--From publisher.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Literary fiction.
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