The ginger tree
Wynd, Oswald, 1913-
The ginger tree / Oswald Wynd - 1st Perennial ed - New York : Perennial Classics , 1991, c1977 - 294 p. ; 21 cm
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.
English
9780060973322
Illegitimate children---Fiction
Scots---Japan---Fiction
Women---Japan----Fiction
Nobility---Fiction
Adultery --Fiction
Japan---History---20th century---Fiction
Historical fiction
FIC WYN
The ginger tree / Oswald Wynd - 1st Perennial ed - New York : Perennial Classics , 1991, c1977 - 294 p. ; 21 cm
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.
English
9780060973322
Illegitimate children---Fiction
Scots---Japan---Fiction
Women---Japan----Fiction
Nobility---Fiction
Adultery --Fiction
Japan---History---20th century---Fiction
Historical fiction
FIC WYN