The Chinese Say, “Even a thousand miles apart, a couple destined for each other are pulled together by an invisible thread.”

Wu Meichen wants two things in life: the love of her aloof, scholarly husband and a son who’ll get her super-critical mother-in-law off her back. But what’s a Chinese girl to do when her husband refuses to consummate his marriage, and all her attempts to seduce him fail?

Just when she thinks he’ll give in to her pleas, the United States Congress throws South China into chaos by passing The Chinese Exclusion Act. Chung rushes to America to get a job before the deadline in1882. Now a “Gold Mountain Widow”, Meichen must wait years for him to return.

After five years with no sign that the temporary separation will end, Meichen takes a ship to America, determined to follow the thread that connects her to Chung. Corrupt officials, angry relatives, San Francisco Tong gangs, and even violent white miners block her way

She realizes she might have jumped from the wok into the fire. Has her impetuous flight jeopardized the very thing she wants most!

Can the fragile thread stretch 10,000 miles without breaking?