Diamond Head
Subtitle: a novel
By: Cecily Wong
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780062345431
Subjects: Family secrets; Chinese fiction; Fiction; Families; Chinese Americans
Description: A sweeping debut spanning from China to Hawaii that follows four generations of a wealthy shipping family whose rise and decline is riddled with secrets and tragic love--from a young, powerful new voice in fiction.

At 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.