A Mortal Flower

A Mortal Flower

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image_caption = A Mortal Flower
author = Han Suyin
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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genre = autobiography, history
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release_date = 1966
media_type = Print (book)
pages = 412
isbn = B00136OGSC
preceded_by = The Crippled Tree
followed_by = Birdless Summer

"A Mortal Flower" is a biography 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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