A daughter struggles to come to terms with her mother's death and is faced with the question "how far will you go to have someone you loved back in your life?" Beyond the Mandarin Sky is the real life unforgettable story of Jessie, whose only dream as a child was to survive the tyrannical rule of her father, and whose only ally in the family was her mother. Having survived a miserable childhood, her father comes back years later to come between Jessie and her ailing mother. Uninvited to her mother's deathbed, Jessie sets out to recreate a place for her in her mother's past that will be untouchable by anyone in the present. The catalyst for this well narrated time travel journey back into the past, is a collection of WWII letters found after both parents death, that reveal her mother's hidden past. This gripping account lets the reader accompany the author so closely, that they will feel like an intruder. Journey back to 1944 and sit beside the bed of Annie, the ailing mother who is writing letters of cheer to her daughter three thousand miles away serving in the Army. Listen as she reveals both their lives to us and gives us insight into the life of her daughter who will lose her happiness on her wedding day. A simple story of good triumphing over evil, achieved in an unconventional manner. A poignant and moving account of a family torn about by an unloving father, a mother who obeyed him without question and a daughter that was left to search for her real place in the family when they were both gone.
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