Diamond Head

A Novel

By: Cecily Wong

Narrated by: Nancy Wu, Samantha Chen, Angela Lin, Janet Song, Emily Woo Zeller

Diamond Head is a sweeping debut from a young, powerful new voice in fiction that follows four generations of a wealthy shipping family whose rise and decline is riddled with secrets and tragic love.

At the turn of the 19th 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 fabled red string of fate, the cord that binds intended lovers, also punishes mistakes in love, passing a destructive knot down the family line.

When 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 fragments of truth and chatter until a letter arrives two decades later, carrying a shattering confession.

Now the Leongs' survival rests with young Theresa, Frank Leong's only grandchild, 18 and pregnant, the heir apparent to her ancestors' punishing knots.

Told through the eyes of the Leongs' secret-keeping daughters and wives and spanning the Boxer Rebellion to Pearl Harbor to 1960s Hawaii, Diamond Head is a breathtakingly powerful tale of tragic love, shocking lies, poignant compromise, aching loss, heroic acts of sacrifice, and miraculous hope.

©2015 Cecily Wong (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Lame ending

The book was great but I was so disappointed with the ending. It ended kind of abruptly, leaving several stories within hanging.

Great

Leaves you wanting more of the tale. I am very glad that I took a chance on this title.

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what an emotional roller coaster. there were times I was lost on who was who but I really enjoyed this book. from laughing to crying this book had me hooked!

Too Sad

I enjoyed the historical aspect of this book but I wish I hadn't read it. I don't like sad depressing books. it was assigned for bookclub or I wouldn't have finished it. the performance was excellent and it was well written.

Disappointed Island Girl

When you choose to set your story in an exotic location like Hawaii and use the Island language and as part of the descriptive text you also have a responsibility to pronounce the words correctly. I counted at least 5 times words were pronounced wrong. It labeled the writer as a tourist, not a Kamaaina.