05171cam a2200949 4500 587167382 TxAuBib 20220722120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781101197677 1101197676 B003NX7O6Y Amazon 7987823f-0b41-47d3-89e6-48b3f34861b2 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 346731 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Fei, Deanna. A Thread of Sky [Libby]. Penguin Publishing Group, 2010. Education. family. relationships. Friendship. literary fiction. War. Historical. fire. romance. parenting. culture. society. Fiction. brothers. novels. classic. Saga. marriage. love. Coming of age. families. Collection. Short Stories. mystery. Drama. Adoption. Modern. art. magical realism. french. Contemporary Romance. feminism. Architecture. indian. blog. Essays. Music. roman. Chick Lit. Mothers and daughters. literature. Economics. social. fiction books. fantasy. school. Buddhism. realistic fiction. realistic fiction books. books fiction. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 807kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:Looking to reconnect with their ancestral home and with one another, three generations of women tour mainland China on a journey that will change their family forever. A stunning debut, A Thread of Sky is the story of a family of women and the powerful thread that binds their lives. In following the paths chosen by six fiercely independent women, A Thread of Sky explores the terrain we must travel to recognize the strength and vulnerability of those closest to us. When her husband of thirty years is killed in a devastating accident, Irene Shen and her three daughters are set adrift. Nora, the eldest, retreats into her high-powered New York job and a troubled relationship. Kay, the headstrong middle child, escapes to China to learn the language and heritage of her parents. Sophie, the sensitive and artistic youngest, is trapped at home until college, increasingly estranged from her family-and herself. Terrified of being left alone with her grief, Irene plans a tour of mainland China's must sees, reuniting three generations of women-her three daughters, her distant poet sister, and her formidable eighty-year-old mother-in a desperate attempt to heal her fractured family. If only it was so easy. Each woman arrives bearing secrets big and small, and as they travel-visiting untouched sections of the Great Wall and the seedy bars of Shanghai, the beautiful ancient temples and cold, modern shopping emporiums-they begin to wonder if they will ever find the China they seek, the one their family fled long ago. Over days and miles they slowly find their way toward a new understanding of themselves, of one another, and of the vast complexity of their homeland, only to have their new bonds tested as never before when the darkest, most carefully guarded secret of all tumbles to the surface and threatens to tear their family apart forever. A Thread of Sky is a beautifully written and deeply haunting story about love and sacrifice, history and memory, sisterhood and motherhood, and the connections that endure. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-21 20:00:02. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/798/782/3F/ThreadofSky9781101197677.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7987823F-0B41-47D3-89E6-48B3F34861B2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/798/782/3F/ThreadofSky9781101197677.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7987823F-0B41-47D3-89E6-48B3F34861B2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/798/782/3F/ThreadofSky9781101197677.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7987823F-0B41-47D3-89E6-48B3F34861B2&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)