‘Sensitively written, beautifully understated … this honest book is one of
the few contemporary novels to show Japan as it was and is.’ The Japan
Times
The Ginger Tree is one of only a handful of novels on the Eland list, yet
its vivid sense of place, strong narrative drive and the engaging voice of
its young Scottish heroine who recounts her experiences as a single woman
in Japan in the decades leading up to the Second World War, make this book
one of our bestsellers.
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