“Reclaiming Lily” is a gut wrenching tale of two families who love and claim the same little girl as their daughter.
A Texas Pastor and his wife adopt a young Chinese girl, believing their family will finally be complete. They name her Joy–the thing that has been missing in their lives.
Joy, whose name is actually Lily, already has a family, but due to horrible circumstances, was left at the orphanage. Lily’s older sister, Kai, has vowed to someday bring her home. When she witnesses the Powells taking her from the orphanage, she knows it will be many years before they will meet again.
Patti Lacy has once again written a story with real fleshed-out characters struggling with life’s tough questions. If God is a good God, why does he allow bad things to happen? Infertility, abandonment, prejudice, tornadoes, starvation, sickness, death. Why do miracles happen sometimes, but not all the time? How does God use bad things to further his perfect plan?
Patti Lacy has once again written a story with real fleshed-out characters struggling with life’s tough questions. If God is a good God, why does he allow bad things to happen? Infertility, abandonment, prejudice, tornadoes, starvation, sickness, death. Why do miracles happen sometimes, but not all the time? How does God use bad things to further his perfect plan?
The sweet little girl from China that the Powells adopted seven years earlier is now an angry and rebellious teenager, and they are at their wits end in dealing with her. Into their lives walks Dr. Kai Chang, a Boston specialist and Lily’s (Joy’s) sister. She has worked hard her entire life with the sole purpose of finding and reclaiming Lily, to let her know that she was not forgotten. She has something very important to discuss with them.
Gloria is fearful that this Chinese sister will take her daughter from her, but Kai has no intention of that. She is fulfilling a promise she made to her mother that she would find Lily (Joy) and let her know that she was wanted and loved.
Dr. Kai Chang is a renal specialist dealing with PKD. A disease that destroys the kidneys and leads to death. Their mother died of PKD and it is passed through the genes. She is fearful that Lily might already be carrying the disease in her body.
I truly enjoyed “Reclaiming Lily.” The author did a wonderful job of getting into the mind of this Chinese doctor as well as showing the American mother’s desperate need for her adopted daughter’s acceptance and love. It was definitely an East meets West story and how we often perceive those we don’t understand out of mindless fear.
(I was given a free copy of Reclaiming Lily in exchange for writing an honest review.)
Patti Lacy graduated from Baylor University with a BS in education and completed master's-level courses in English at Indiana State University. She taught at Heartland Community College until May 2006, when she resigned to pursue her passion of writing. The author of three previous novels, Patti is the mother of two grown children and lives with her husband in Normal, Illinois.
For more about Patti and her other books, visit her website at www.pattilacy.com <http://www.pattilacy.com/> .
Link to buy the book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0764209418/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=sprightly-20&camp=213381&creative=390973&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0764209418&adid=1MB65JFDXDHGZD977R7D
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Barbara, thank you for taking the time to review Lily. Praise God you connected with some of the themes that were so near and dear to my heart! Your title, "A Mother's Love, a Sister's Sacrifice," could'a been a subheading on the cover!!!
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Patti
Patti, Thanks for stopping by. I count it an honor that I was able to review Reclaiming Lily. I truly enjoyed the story and I am always excited to learn new things while reading fiction. The details about China and about PKD were both interesting and thought provoking.
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