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The Ginger Tree
In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attachE in Peking.
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About The Ginger Tree
In 1903, a young Scotswoman named Mary Mackenzie sets sail for China to marry her betrothed, a military attachE 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.| Published: | 30 Jul 1988 |
| Pages: | 294 |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| ISBN 13: | 9780907871767 |
| ISBN 10: | 0907871763 |