* FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL IN TRANSLATION * 'Kwok is an impressive
talent' - KARIN SLAUGHTER 'A beautiful propulsive story' - LAURA DAVE 'A hugely atmospheric
and suspenseful mystery' - LUCY FOLEY ' I will find my daughter. No matter the cost...'
Jasmine Yang thought her daughter was dead at birth. But five years after she was taken from
her arms she learns that her controlling husband sent the baby to America to be adopted a
casualty of China's one-child-policy. Fleeing her rural Chinese village Jasmine arrives in New
York City with nothing except a desperate need to find her daughter. But with her husband on
her trail the clock is ticking and she's forced to make increasingly risky decisions if she
ever hopes to be reunited with her child. Meanwhile Rebecca Whitney seems to have it all: a
high-powered career a beautiful home a handsome husband and an adopted Chinese daughter she
adores. But when an industry scandal threatens to jeopardise not only Rebecca's job but her
marriage this perfect world begins to crumble. Two women in a divided city separated by
wealth and culture yet bound together by their love for the same child. And when they finally
meet their lives will never be the same again... 'Propulsive and engrossing' - GUARDIAN 'A
suspenseful family drama' - NEW YORK TIMES 'A compelling and moving mystery' - OBSERVER
