A Mortal Flower

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A Mortal Flower
First edition (UK)
AuthorHan Suyin
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genreautobiography, history
PublisherJonathan Cape (UK)
Putnam (US)
Publication date
1966
Media typePrint (book)
Pages412 pp
LC ClassPR6015.A4674 M6 1966a
Preceded byThe Crippled Tree 
Followed byBirdless Summer 

A Mortal Flower is an autobiography by Han Suyin. It covers the years 1928 to 1938: her growing up in China and her journey to Belgium and her mother's family. Also her marriage to a rising officer in the Kuomintang and the retreat to Chungking in the face of the Japanese invasion of China.

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