Name: Peony
ISBN: 9781559213387

Pearl Sydenstricker Buck

This is the story of a culture within a culture. The conflict between the two cultures comes out as a love affair develops between two young people.

Peony

Nadine 

It's been a while since I read a Pearl Buck novel and now I regret I didn't return to her works earlier. She writes so well with such great empathy for her characters and her ability to get inside a culture with all its nuances is fantastic. In this story she weaves in the story of the Jewish people in China into a great story. Based on fact but with dates slightly altered to fit the tale it's above all a great story of the mingling of lives and cultures.