Product Description: The new bestseller from the author of The Knitting Circle: “Is there anyone who can write about the connections between ordinary people as well as Ann Hood does?”―Jodi Picoult “In China there is a belief that people who are destined to be together are connected by an invisible red thread...read more

In China there is a belief that people who are destined to be together are connected by an invisible red thread. After losing her infant daughter in a freak accident, Maya Lange opens The Red Thread, an adoption agency that specializes in placing baby girls from China with American families. Maya finds some comfort in her work, until a group of six couples share their personal stories of desire for a child. Their painful and courageous journey toward adoption forces Maya to confront the lost daughter of her past. Brilliantly braiding together the stories of Chinese birth mothers who give up their daughters, Ann Hood writes a moving and beautifully told novel of the red thread of fate that binds these characters' lives. Heartrending and wise, The Red Thread is a stirring portrait of unforgettable love and yearning for a baby.

Product Description: “Rarely do memoirs of grief combine anguish, love, and fury with such elegance.” ―Entertainment Weekly A moving and remarkable memoir about the sudden death of a daughter, surviving grief, and learning to love again.

Come on in and join the knitting circle -- it might just save your life!

Four friends from the sixties, Suzanne, Claudia, Elizabeth, and Howard, find that in the eighties their lives have taken some surprising turns

Product Description: After the sudden loss of Stella, her only child, Mary Baxter joins a knitting circle in Providence, Rhode Island. Seeking a way to fill the empty hours and lonely days, she little realizes that the circle will change her life. Alice, Scarlet, Lulu, Beth, Harriet, and Ellen welcome Mary into their circle despite her reluctance to open her heart to them...read more

The author of Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine and Ruby presents a collection of short works that explores the surreal qualities of everyday events, from a pregnant woman's obsession with cooking after being left by her husband, to a young alcoholic's seduction of her priest, to a teen's observation of her mother's romance. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Following the tragic death of her husband, Olivia, a grieving New York City milliner, desperately struggles to rebuild her life, until she meets Ruby, a young, pregnant delinquent abandoned by her family, who takes up residence in Olivia's Rhode Island beach house

Offers advice on writing about emotions, and shares examples of good writing for emotions ranging from anger and desire to suspicion and tenderness

Dedicated wife and mother Josie Hunter finds her seemingly idyllic life threatened by a random act of violence, the return of her estranged older sister, and the emergence of an attractive childhood sweetheart. Reprint. NYT.

While dissatisfied Libby Harper abandons her husband, her two children, and the town of Holly for something better, frenetic New Yorker Renata Handy returns to Holly to heal her ill child

Arriving on the doorstep of her college roommate, Katherine begins a new life in the Big Apple, forging a new friendship with an old friend even as the old friend copes with her own problems. Reprint.

Product Description: From critically acclaimed author Ann Hood, comes a riveting third novel abouta young woman's attempt to break obsessive ties and gain independence.

Profiles a closely knit New England family forced to deal with a sudden death in their midst but able to learn and even grow as they come to terms with their grief