The Heart of Hyacinth

by Onoto Watanna

Book Overview

The Heart of Hyacinth, originally published in 1903, tells the coming-of-age story of Hyacinth Lorrimer, a child of white parents who was raised from infancy in Japan by a Japanese foster mother and assumed to be Eurasian. A crisis occurs when, 18 years after her birth, her American father returns to Japan to reclaim her just as Hyacinth has become engaged to a Japanese aristocrat, and she forcefully asserts her Japanese ties only to find...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029597916X
• ISBN13: 9780295979168
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.0"