Lotus-Eating Days

Christopher is the eldest of seven in a middle-class English family. Theresa is the thirteenth child of Chinese immigrants in the British colony of Singapore. This is the story of how they met after the war, having grown up on opposite sides of the world.

Christopher este cel mai mare dintre sapte membri dintr-o familie engleza din clasa de mijloc. Theresa este al treisprezecelea copil al imigrantilor chinezi din colonia britanica din Singapore.