New York City
Jade McCullough’s journey began on a pile of vegetables in a small village in southern China. Adopted by an American woman, she grew up seeing herself as an outsider. The only clue to her past is half of a jade heart found in her swaddling clothes. The other half hangs around the neck of an unknown woman in a distant land. In the struggle to find out who she is, Jade rebels against the woman she loves the most and in uncovering the mystery of her past, discovers the promise of her future.