The Unwanted

The Unwanted is a novel based on a true story. An unwanted baby girl, May is born into a wealthy family in Hong Kong. The family declines while she is young, and her mother dies after giving birth. Thirteen-year-old May leaves her ancestral village home with the Cantonese Opera troupe and is subsequently raped by the troupe master. She flees to Hong Kong before the war begins. She eventually meets Andrew, a nineteen-year-old Sergeant in the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Six months into their marriage, Andrew is sent to India separating them for five years, dead or alive unbeknownst to each other. After the war, May travels to Edinburgh to reunite with her husband. They adopted a mixed-race baby girl who was abandoned in Hong Kong. Thirty-five years later, May's closest friend reveals this secret in a devastating betrayal— the pain of the unwanted woman continues between mother and lesbian daughter.