A Mortal Flower

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Author Han Suyin
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) autobiography, history
Publication date 1966
Media type Print (book)
Pages 412
ISBN B00136OGSC
Preceded by The Crippled Tree
Followed by Birdless Summer

A Mortal Flower is a biography by Han Suyin. It covers the years 1928 to 1938: her growing up in China and her journey to Belgium and her mother's family. Also her marriage to a rising officer in the Kuomintang and the retreat to Chungking in the face of the Japanese invasion of China.