Publication date: February 8th 2022
Pages: 352
Tam and Tony Kwan are a young couple that are in the midst of the process of adopting their son from China, they only have to wait for the final acceptance letter. It is two days before it arrives when Tony is killed in a traffic accident in the middle of Manhattan, when he was on the phone with Tam. Tam's life is turned upside down after this accident, now she has lost her husband. What will happen now with the adoption. Tam doesn't have much time to come to terms with Tony's passing, because a few days later the owner of the nail salon where his cousin Mia worked calls her. Tony was in the car with Mia when the accident happened, which Tam didn't know, and something was going on between Tony and Mia for years. Now that Tony and Mia are dead, who is going to take care of Mia's daughter Angela? Tam takes Angela into her home, and decides to do not cancel the adoption. In alternation chapters between Tam in the present time and Mia in the past, the reader gets to know more about Mia and Tony and their past in China and how they are connected to Tam and Angela. Tam travels to China to visit Tony's only living relatives and to pick up their son that awaits her in a Chinese orphanage.
I truly am blown away by this beautiful, gripping, and moving story. I truly didn't know what to expect, but because is has a Chinese theme and I love Chinese themed books, I ofcourse had to give it a try! The story is beautiful, and the lives of the main characters connect in many ways, and on every page there is a twists or turn you didn't expect, it is truly a story full of surprises! The link between Tony and Mia (behind Tam's back sadly) was different then you will expect as a reader, it was a bit predictable on one side but also it wasn't, i will not post too much spoliers about that. How Tam picked up her life again was impressive. Everything was different after the accident, and how she accepted to raise five year old,Angela, which she doesn't know even existed beforehand, just impressive.
This book is truly very original and different then anything I've read in a while, I loved it and definately recommend it!
A story of a brave lady, an immigrant and mother.
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