Oriental novels of Pearl S. Buck

Restaurant owner Madam Liang, having sent her three daughters to America to be educated and to escape the coming Communist revolution in China, refuses herself to flee to safety even though her decision could end her life.

The only son of Prince Jagat and his wife Moti has been killed by the Chinese and Moti instructs her husband to bring the boy's body and spirit home; however, on his journey, Jagat becomes involved with a beautiful American woman that compromises his political and personal life.