Adventure, romance and war in the Far East by Iris Hay-Edie

She then takes a steamship to the Far East, to the far away Empires and European Colonies in the 1930’s to meet up with her brother and start a new life.Īrriving in Hong Kong she soon falls in love with a successful young Norwegian Shipping Agent, gets married and has a child. The true life story of Iris, a Scottish-born female,Īn attractive adventurous girl, a loving wife, and mother and later a lonely widow, surrounded by a large and beautiful family.įrom the French Riviera to Paris, then to London, running away from her unbearably tyrannical mother. Her outgoing and positive personality captivates the reader, and her old photos and postcards add an extra dimension of interest to this historical account of her extraordinary life as a rebellious, independent woman in a bygone era of colonial powers and decadence, of the brutal war in the Pacific, and of the growth of the Far East into the powerhouse that Asia is today.

Opting to escape prison camp, they flee across China, over the “Hump” of the Himalayas, to India, Kashmir and beyond. Reaching Hong Kong, she falls in love, but soon after, the Japanese invade the island and bomb her new home with her and her young family inside it. Iris leads us on an enchanted journey around the world and through the Far East to what were then remote colonies of European empires during the 1930’s. Suffering under her strict mother, she ran away from home and never turned back. Adventure, romance and war in the Far East is a fascinating true story based on the diary and memoir of Iris Hay-Edie, an attractive and free-spirited Scottish girl who grew up in the glamorous French Riviera during the 1920’s.

Adventure, romance and war in the Far East by Iris Hay-Edie