5/30/2023 0 Comments Diamond head by cecily wong![]() ![]() Diamond Head is an intricate meditation on what is in our control and what is fate-and on whether children must bear the costs of their parents’ mistakes." - Celeste Ng, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere "Cecily Wong’s lush debut novel hooked me in right away as it slowly unraveled the tangle of secrets the Leong family has kept for decades. Still, the island continues to whisper-fragmented pieces of truth and chatter, until a letter arrives two decades later, carrying a confession that shatters the family even further. ![]() Left to rebuild in their patriarch’s shadow, the surviving members of the Leong family attempt a new, ordinary life, vowing to bury their gilded past. When Frank Leong is murdered on Oahu, his family is thrown into a perilous downward spiral. ![]() ![]() According to Chinese legend, the red string – the cord which binds one intended beloved to her perfect match – also punishes for mistakes in love, twisting each misstep into a destructive knot that passes down the family line. But something ancient follows the Leongs to the islands, haunting them – the parable of the red string of fate. Frank Leong, a prominent shipping industrialist and head of the celebrated Leong family, brings his loved ones from China to Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century, abandoning his interests at the Port of Tsingtao when the Japanese invade. ![]()
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