{"product_id":"the-ginger-tree-9780060959678","title":"The Ginger Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"One of the few contemporary novels to show Japan as it was and is.\" -- \u003cem\u003eJapan Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe classic bittersweet story of love and betrayal in the Far East.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunning tour de force acclaimed throughout the world, \u003cem\u003eThe Ginger Tree\u003c\/em\u003e is the spellbinding odyssey of one woman's strength and spirit in the face of terrifying odds.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060959678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.11h x 5.21w x 0.82d","brand":"Oswald Wynd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103734661301,"sku":"9780060959678","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6caa15d7-293d-4483-8b5f-64dbbb3653df.jpg?v=1693278959","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ginger-tree-9780060959678","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}