I read this July 2019 for the Pater Book Club.
'In the highlands of Malaya, a woman sets out to build a memorial to her sister, killed at the hands of the Japanese during the brutal Occupation of their country. Yun ling's quest leads her to the Garden of Evening Mists, and to Aritomo, a man of extraordinary skill and reputation, once the gardener of the Emperor of Japan. When she accepts his offer to become his apprentice, she begins a journey into her past, inextricably linked with the secrets of her troubled country's history.'
Yun Ling and her sister had been held in a Japanese POW camp somewhere in the jungle of Malaya. Yun Ling was the only survivor, a great story, written beautifully and poetically. The truth of life as a POW comes out, so does many more truths.
I really enjoyed this and was glad it was chosen for the Book Club
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