The Ginger Tree

The novel was adapted into a 4-part TV series by the BBC and Japan's NHK for release in 1989,[1][2] and subsequently shown as part of PBS's Masterpiece Theatre.

[1] The novel follows a Scottish woman who falls in love with a Japanese Count, and naval officer, and the culture of Japan, following her from 1903 to 1942.

She later sets up her own store, only to be forced to leave when Japan becomes involved in war.

Kirkus Reviews was very positive about the novel, writing "Wynd maneuvers skillfully among Chinese and Japanese mores and landscapes--an acute selection from the author's apparently vast, engaged knowledge of the East.

A completely diverting and moving tracery of the hardening destiny of a nation and the quiet shriveling of one heart.