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When her English mother returns to England and her Japanese father claims his children for his homeland--and has an affair with their slatternly housemaid--a young girl is flung into loneliness and desolation
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- PublisherJohn Murray Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1979
- ISBN 10 0719536480
- ISBN 13 9780719536489
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages186
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