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The ginger tree / Oswald Wynd

By:

Wynd, Oswald, 1913-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Perennial Classics , 1991, c1977Edition: 1st Perennial edDescription: 294 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780060973322

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Historical fiction

DDC classification:

FIC WYN

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC WYN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Fiction		025736

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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