{"product_id":"diamond-head-9780062345448","title":"Diamond Head","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDiamond Head\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eEverything I Never Told You \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Little Fires Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the nineteenth century, Frank Leong, a fabulously wealthy shipping industrialist, moves his family from China to the island of Oahu. But something ancient follows the Leongs to Hawaii, haunting them. The parable of the red string of fate, the cord that binds one intended beloved to her perfect match, also punishes for mistakes in love, passing a destructive knot down the family line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Frank Leong is murdered, his family is thrown into a perilous downward spiral. Left to rebuild in their patriarch's shadow, the surviving members of the Leong family try their hand at a new, ordinary life, vowing to bury their gilded past. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the Leongs' survival rests with young Theresa, Frank Leong's only grandchild, eighteen and pregnant, the heir apparent to her ancestors' punishing knots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through the eyes of the Leong's secret-keeping daughters and wives and spanning the Boxer Rebellion to Pearl Harbor to 1960s Hawaii, \u003cem\u003eDiamond Head\u003c\/em\u003e is a breathtakingly powerful tale of tragic love, shocking lies, poignant compromise, aching loss, heroic acts of sacrifice and, miraculous hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWong, Cecily:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCecily Wong's work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books, Self\u003c\/em\u003e magazine, \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. She is a graduate of Barnard College, and lives and writes in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692594336018,"sku":"9780062345448","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf6f19fb-83c0-4de3-bea5-e55eb553f2fe.jpg?v=1734128665","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/diamond-head-9780062345448","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}