The Orchid Tree
Siobhan Daiko
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
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· 10 ratings · 298 pages · Published: 22 Jan 2015
Fifteen-year-old Kate lives a rarefied life of wealth and privilege in the expatriate community. But when the Japanese take over Hong Kong in December 1941, she’s interned in squalid Stanley Camp with her parents. Enduring cramped conditions, humiliation, disease, and starvation, Kate befriends seventeen-year-old Charles – who is half Chinese - and they give their hearts to each other under the orchid tree. But can their young love survive the perils of the war?
From the deprivations of internment to the beauty of Hong Kong’s fragrant harbour, Siobhan Daiko’s novel will take you on a sensuous journey of adventure, romance and redemption.
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