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In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attachÉ in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.
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The Ginger Tree, Oswald Wynd
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- The Ginger Tree
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Oswald Wynd
- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 333
- ISBN10
- 0060959673
- ISBN13
- 9780060959678
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Japan, China, Asia, Asian Fiction
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attachÉ in Peking. But soon after her arrival, Mary falls into an adulterous affair with a young Japanese nobleman, scandalizing the British community. Casting her out of the European community, her compatriots tear her away from her small daughter. A woman abandoned and alone, Mary learns to survive over forty tumultuous years in Asia, including two world wars and the cataclysmic Tokyo earthquake of 1923.