02027cam a2200349 i 4500 1833073152 TxGeo 20241220120000.0 210628s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021031053 9780593198742 trade pbk. 0593198743 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1294396438 TxGeo rda Butler, Lyn Liao, author. Red thread of fate / Lyn Liao Butler. First edition. New York, NY : Berkley, 2022. 337 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes readers guide discussion questions. "In the wake of a tragedy and fueled by guilt from a secret she's kept for years, a woman discovers how delicate the thread that binds family is in this powerful novel by Lyn Liao Butler. Two days before Tam and Tony Kwan receive their letter of acceptance for the son they are adopting, Tony and his estranged cousin Mia are killed in an accident. A shellshocked Tam learns she is named the guardian to Mia's five-year-old daughter, Angela. Tam has no choice but to agree to take in the girl she hasn't seen since she was a baby. With her life completely upended, Tam must also decide if she will complete the adoption on her own and bring home the son waiting for her in a Chinese orphanage. But when her secret comes to light just as she and Angela start to bond, their fragile family is threatened. As Tam uncovers the events of the past, she discovers the true meaning of love; the one she is meant to be with, and the family she is meant to have, however unlikely"-- Provided by publisher. 20250103. Adoption Fiction. Widows Fiction. Stepchildren Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Domestic fiction. QS5