Reclaiming Lily is a novel about a Chinese family caught in the middle of China's Cultural Revolution. The family must make choices and one of them is to put their new baby girl,Lily, into an orphanage. This baby grows becomes adopted by an American and is raised in Texas by good well meaning Christians, Andrew and Gloria Powell. Joy, as the girl is named by her new parents, grows into a rebellious teen. Kai is one of the 3 sisters left behind in China and she promises her mother on her deathbed that she will find her sister and give Lily her pearl necklace. The mother is dying of a disease called Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD). Kai as a way into America fought and won the ability to be educated as a physician and research PKD as a way to find Lily. Through much hard work Kai has finally found Lily and meets with Andrew and Gloria. This book is about the love that Kai, Andrew and Gloria have for Joy/Lily and working through those difficulties and getting Joy tested for PKD which is genetically transmitted.
This is a good story of no matter how well meaning and loving of a family a child grows up in sometimes the child needs more than parents can give. If God sends that someone else into the family's life then if you trust that God knows what He is doing then swallow your pride and accept that help everyone benefits. It tells of some of the difficulties of raising teens as during this meeting Andrew gets the call to come meet Joy at the local jail as she is being arrested for shoplifting. It tells how no matter how much love a parent has for a daughter they make many mistakes but they can through love and hard work be the daughter can be reclaimed.
I recieved this book from Bethany House for this review.
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