Disoriented - Low, Delia
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Deaf Kate, in her humdrum old age, is suddenly confronted by a lively skeleton from her family's past. From this, and subsequent encounters, the history emerges about her adventurer father, Samuel's, life and relationships in Ireland and China. We are introduced to Kate's clever but disturbingly odd husband Geoffrey, and the disastrous choices he makes on his own, and her, behalf. Kate faces dramatic changes from being a respectable middle-class Victorian Miss in Colonial Chefoo, briefly experiences life amongst professionals in the Japan of the Last Emperor; to becoming an impoverished but…mehr

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Deaf Kate, in her humdrum old age, is suddenly confronted by a lively skeleton from her family's past. From this, and subsequent encounters, the history emerges about her adventurer father, Samuel's, life and relationships in Ireland and China. We are introduced to Kate's clever but disturbingly odd husband Geoffrey, and the disastrous choices he makes on his own, and her, behalf. Kate faces dramatic changes from being a respectable middle-class Victorian Miss in Colonial Chefoo, briefly experiences life amongst professionals in the Japan of the Last Emperor; to becoming an impoverished but beloved housewife and mother in war-torn England. Based on a true story, this is a compelling tale of love, adventure, and of overcoming enormous odds.
Autorenporträt
Delia Rowbothamretired from her second career as creative writing tutor and columnist for two local newspapers, in order to write this, her first full-length novel. She had long been inspired by the extraordinary lives of her maternal grandparents, and set about researching in Ireland, Japan and China, better to understand the background in which they existed.

Shelivesin rural Kent, supervised by two cats and visited whenever possible by her family,and has recently remarried.Sheisworking on a collection of short stories and poetry, whilst gathering material for her second novel.