Ann Hood is the author of more than a dozen books of memoir and fiction, including the best-selling novels The Book That Matters Most, The Red Thread, and The Knitting Circle. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York.

"A subtle and unusual adoption story, many-layered, exquisitely told." -- Reeve Lindbergh "Hood wears her big heart on her sleeve... Her prose ... shines in the portraits of the Chinese families who give up their daughters." -- Tricia Springstubb "A wisely woven novel." "Hope sinks and floats again in Hood's lovely, perceptive tale."

Ann Hood is the author of more than a dozen books of memoir and fiction, including the best-selling novels The Book That Matters Most, The Red Thread, and The Knitting Circle. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York.

"A subtle and unusual adoption story, many-layered, exquisitely told." -- Reeve Lindbergh "Hood wears her big heart on her sleeve... Her prose ... shines in the portraits of the Chinese families who give up their daughters." -- Tricia Springstubb "A wisely woven novel." "Hope sinks and floats again in Hood's lovely, perceptive tale."

Ann Hood is the author of more than a dozen books of memoir and fiction, including the best-selling novels The Book That Matters Most, The Red Thread, and The Knitting Circle. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and New York.

"A subtle and unusual adoption story, many-layered, exquisitely told." -- Reeve Lindbergh "Hood wears her big heart on her sleeve... Her prose ... shines in the portraits of the Chinese families who give up their daughters." -- Tricia Springstubb "A wisely woven novel." "Hope sinks and floats again in Hood's lovely, perceptive tale."