Originally posted on THE ORCHID TREE by Siobhan Daiko:
A coming of age story set against the background of World War II and changing values in post-war Hong Kong society.
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Fifteen year-old Kate Wolseley lives a rarefied life of wealth and privilege in the expatriate community. But when the Japanese take over the colony in December 1941, she���s interned in squalid Stanley Camp with her parents.
Forty miles away, in Macau, Sofia Rodrigues��� suspicions are aroused when her father invites a Japanese family to dinner, an event which leads to a breach between Sofia and her controlling half-brother, Leo.
Enduring cramped conditions, humiliation, disease, and starvation, Kate befriends seventeen year-old Charles ��� who���s half Chinese ��� and they give���
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Published on January 15, 2015 05:22