Author

Publication

1995 - Wheeler Pub., Rockland, MA, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number95047630
  • Better World Books9781568952796
  • Open LibraryOL810755M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3573.E8247 T46 1995b
  • LCCPS3573.E8247T46

Description

In December 1937 the city of Nanking, China, falls to brutal Japanese invaders, and thus begins a compelling drama of widespread chaos and personal courage. Against a backdrop of burning buildings and random atrocities stands Scald Ibis, the teenage daughter of an eminent scholar, who must transform herself completely in order to survive. With her family gone, she is forced to work as a prostitute in a bordello, changing slowly and painfully from a girl into a woman. Her fortunes improve when a Japanese warlord, Hayashi, takes a fancy to her; but her greatest challenge comes with the sudden appearance of her ailing father, whose inner demons threaten both of their lives.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Wheeler large print book series

Other Editions

  • The tent of orange mistWheeler Pub.1995-01-01

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