Disoriented

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Disoriented is written by Delia Low and published by Author House. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1467015970 (ISBN 10) and 9781467015974 (ISBN 13).

Kate isafflicted with deafness as a child in China in the 1800s, where her Irish refugee father Samuel lives an apparently blameless life working for the Chinese Maritime Customs Service. After his death, his family discover a shocking fact. As a young woman nowneeding to support herself,Kate has very limited options, and agrees to marry theclever but disturbingly odd Geoffrey, whose personal problems and disastrous choicescontinue to makefor a colourful, difficult and adventurous life. He, Kate and their first child, faced with a business failure, race from China under siegeto settle in Japan, where, amongst other influential people, Geoffrey meets the exiled Sun Yat Sen. Kate constantly faces dramatic changes:from a respectable middle-class Victorian Miss in Colonial Chefoo,life amongst professionals in the Japan of the Last Emperor; a train journey aloneacross Russia with four small children;and learning to cope as an impoverishedhousewife in war-torn England.In her humdrum old age, Kate is suddenly confronted by a lively skeleton from her father's past, and his secret relationship. Based on a true story, this is a compelling tale of adventure, and of overcoming enormous odds. It tells ofKate's first love, her relationship with her family, her helps, and an unexpected visitor; andreveals her warmth and strength of character.