{"id":8053,"date":"1997-03-04T13:36:34","date_gmt":"1997-03-04T17:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=8053"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:39:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:39:33","slug":"red-thread-by-ed-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/red-thread-by-ed-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Thread by Ed Young [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Red-Thread.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32887\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Red-Thread.jpg\" alt=\"Red Thread\" width=\"370\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a>A matchmaker reveals to Wei Gu who his wife will be. The old man explains that at birth, couples are bound together by a red thread that cannot be broken. But Wei\u2019s chosen mate, still an infant, is not to his liking. Wei orders a servant to kill the child, but in the end, fate cannot be thwarted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 1993<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/11\/red-thread-young.jpg\" alt=\"Red Thread.Young\" title=\"Red Thread.Young\" width=\"134\" height=\"155\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8054\" \/>A matchmaker reveals to Wei Gu who his wife will be. The old man explains that at birth, couples are bound together by a red thread that cannot be broken. But Wei\u2019s chosen mate, still an infant, is not to his liking. Wei orders a servant to kill the child, but in the end, fate cannot be thwarted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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