Straight Through the Labyrinth chronicles the true story of a gay Jewish scholar of China caught in the crosshairs of the very history he has studied. Suddenly ensnared in Hong Kongs handover to China in 1997, Peter Rupert Lighte, intent on adopting a Chinese baby, navigates his way through daunting bureaucracy and unforeseen drama and prevails, likely becoming Hong Kongs first adoptive gay father. A second daughter soon follows, a story less fraught, convincing him that purposeful synchronicity can thrash anything in the way of love.

About the Author
Peter Rupert Lighte, a sinologist and founding chairman pf J.P. Morgan Chase Bank China, lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his husband Julian Grant, an Anglo-American composer, and Fuqi, their pooch Beijing. Their daughters, both Barnard women, are now well out in the World.

Reviews
A book full of love stories, a testament to ecstatic generosity. Andrew Solomon, author of Far & Away and professor of Clinical Medial Psychology, Columbia University
This emotionally gripping and occasionally nerve-wracking account is a striking achievement. May Holdsworth, author of Crime, Justice and Punishment in Colonial Hong Kong
A tale highly specific but also universal, about the search for love and family and redemption, told with candidness and a sharp wit. Shai Oster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist



Book Information
ISBN 9780991252909
Author Peter Rupert Lighte
Format Paperback
Page Count 236
Imprint Acausal Books
Publisher Acausal Books
Weight(grams) 358g