Ann Hood has done it again. Her novel, The Red Thread, is one of those books you don’t want to put down. I remember talking with a friend about novels “with heart” versus novels, indeed often very fine novels, without heart. The characters and the stories that make up this wonderful tale of adoption in China are so strong, so true, that they stay with you long after you have finished reading. The Red Thread is a novel that has heart in great abundance. Reading this book is a life enhancing experience and a pleasure from the first page to the last.
