Book Review of East Wind by Julie Ellis
Name of book: East Wind Author Name: Julie Ellis ISBN: 0-87795-498-4 Publisher: Arbor House New York Type of book: Adult, China, 1902-1948, melodramatic, Jewish, Israel Year it was published: 1983 Summary: From the author of Glorious Morning, a saga that sweeps through two world wars, set against the backdrops of Hong Kong, England and America, about a proud, beautiful young woman who is caught up in the ageless struggle between reckless passion and staunch commitment-and who makes a life for herself in which she can have both. Sent to live with her aunt and uncle in Hong Kong after the untimely death of her parents, Constance Levy meets a brilliant, complex young man who leads her into the deep recesses of her heart, where she must come face-to-face with her own abiding faith as a Jew. After a tragic misunderstanding tears the lovers apart, she builds a family of her own, silently enduring loneliness and anger...and emerges to embrace her one true l...