From Pamela Binnings Ewen, bestselling author of The Queen of Paris and
Émilienne, The Moon in the Mango Tree is a lush historical novel set in
the 1920s.
It is a dazzling decade, and Barbara Bond is a beautiful young singer
torn between her fierce desire for independence and her deep, abiding
love for her husband, a brilliant doctor. She has trained for years to
sing grand opera, but soon after her marriage to Harvey Perkins, she
learns that he has accepted an assignment as a medical missionary in the
country of Siam. Suddenly Barbara is forced into the duty of a "good
wife"--to support her husband's career, not her own. As resentment
slowly grows, she travels with Harvey first to the jungles of Siam, then
to the capital city of Bangkok, where he is now physician to the royal
court.
As she struggles with the secrets straining their marriage, Barbara
wonders if she has made the right choice. At last, leaving her husband
in Bangkok, she flees to Paris, then Rome where she can finally sing on
stage. If Harvey loves her, the risk is worth it for a chance to have it
all--her husband and her career. Why should she be forced to choose?
And, if she chooses, must the other be lost forever?
