"Hood's sensitive depiction of her characters hopes and fears makes for a moving story of dedication, forgiveness, and love."-Publishers Weekly

"Hood's moving novel...ends with a pleasing sense that the red thread is more than a myth"-Kirkus Review

"An altogether entertaining read"-Booklist

THE RED THREAD is a work of aching beauty and indelible grace. A novel that elicits nothing less than wonder. --Dennis Lehane

Is there anyone who can write about the connections between ordinary people as well as Ann Hood does? Her latest, THE RED THREAD, is a beautifully rendered piece of art - a tapestry of the complicated ties between mothers and children; an invitation to journey through the grief and wonder of joy of adoption. Believe me, it's a trip you won't want to miss. - Jodi Picoult, NYT bestselling author of HOUSE RULES and HANDLE WITH CARE

"A poignant, compelling collage of voices, The Red Thread makes visible the invisible shared thread of longing for a child. Ann Hood's latest novel is part symphony, part celebration. A deeply moving book." A. Manette Ansay, author of Blue Water and Good Things I Wish You

"There exists a silken red thread of destiny. It is said that this magical cord may tangle or stretch but never break." So begins this wisely woven novel of a woman who opens an adoption agency for Chinese children after her own young daughter dies, both to help couples achieve their desire for parenthood and to mend her own frayed heart. --Elle Magazine