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The House of Trembling Leaves by Julian Lees is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The House of Trembling Leaves about?
In 1936 Malaysia, Lu See Is Ordered To Marry A Fat, One-eyed Banker Whom She Loathes. Instead, She Flees The Juru River For Cambridge And The Dream Of Becoming Her Country's First Female Undergraduate. When The Dream Dissolves In Tragedy Only Her Life-sustaining Friendship With The Tibetan Maid, Sum Sum, Saves Her; But Then Sum Sum Disappears, Leaving A Gift Of Unbearable Poignancy. Returning To Malaya, Lu See Survives The Japanese Occupation And Communist Insurgency But, As Her Life Approaches Its End, Knows She Must Find Sum Sum And Become Reconciled Once More. From Cambridge To Malaysia And A Nunnery In The Mountains Of Tibet, The House Of Trembling Leaves Is The Timeless Story Two Mothers And A Daughter, Of War And Survival, But Most Of All Of An Undying Friendship--publisher's Description. Julian Lees.
Who reads The House of Trembling Leaves?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Julian Lees
- Publisher
- Sandstone Press Ltd.
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781908737175
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.84 / 5 (60 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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