It is a serious book, but one which imparts an important message that love is sacrifice and selfishness hurts oneself as much as it hurts those around one. This book is instead about a spoiled young woman who grows up due to her harsh environment. This is not a romance, which I expected after seeing the trailer for the movie. This story is one of growth, change, and forgiveness. Her husband then moves them to a small village in China attacked by a cholera epidemic. There she engages in an affair with a married man and is caught by her husband. Synopsis: The beautiful but spoiled Kitty Fane marries a young doctor and moves to Hong Kong during the 1920’s. However, I did want to read it eventually, and finally I did. I’ve avoided reading this book mostly because it looked incredibly depressing, and I avoid such books most of the time. Most probably know of this book due to the 2006 adaptation of it starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton (I’ve seen parts of the movie, so I knew the basic plot, but not the details). I’m pretty sure I have never read a book so depressing and yet so interesting as this book.
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