The Fourth Daughter: A Novel

In Taiwan the bond between grandmother and granddaughter opens up a healing world for them both in an inspiring family saga about the comfort of food untold histories and indomitable mother love. Chef Liv Kuo’s star is on the rise…until a traumatic incident leaves her emotionally unable to venture outside her Manhattan apartment. But an unexpected reason to break free comes from Ah-Ma Liv’s beloved grandmother in Taiwan. Ah-Ma needs Liv’s help in finding her fourth daughter taken from her when the girl was an infant. After all these years it seems impossible. It’s also a mystery: Ah-Ma’s fourth daughter is an aunt Liv never even knew existed. After landing in Taiwan Liv hears the heartbreaking story of her grandmother’s plight in a country once under martial law of choices made for her and of the hopeful search for a lost girl that has endured for more than sixty years. Like the enriching food and traditions that bind Liv and Ah-Ma their journey for answ