The Hidden Flower Author:Pearl S. Buck Worlds Apart — When Allen Kennedy, an American occupation officer, first saw the beautiful Japanese girl, Josui, he knew that he must have her-in spite of her anti-American father's fierce opposition. After their marriage they sailed for America, blissfully confident they were leaving hatred behind. — But awaiting them were two people: Allen's mo... more »ther, a woman as selfish as she was aristocratic; and Cynthia, a girl of ravishing loveliness who insisted that she shared memories with Allen that Josui could never understand.
Pearl Buck's story of these two young people caught up in a blind clash of age-old cultures is a poignant, deeply moving experience-one that will have precious meaning for every man and woman who has ever faced the demands of love.« less