Kingdom Marriage

In The U.S.A The Land Of Immigrants Where Do You Come From? Is Often Asked. When Tani Maher Couldn'T Answer Questions About Her Father She Posed Her Own. With Its South American Twist Told With Puns And Witty Tales Anatole Maher'S Memoirs Takes The Reader On His Personal Voyage Through Life Where He Witnesses Many Of The Major Historical Events Of The 20Th Century. During The High-Flying War-Torn Epoch Of Old Shanghai Into A Cocktail Of Languages Culture And People Anatole Maher Was Born. While The British Toasted The Queen At The Exclusive Shanghai Club The French Held Soir?Es At The C?Rcle Sportif Fran?Ais And Other Foreigners Sashayed Through Shanghai'S Numerous Ballrooms The Chinese Were Often Treated Like Third-Class Citizens. The Japanese Wanted To Conquer All Of Asia But The Americans Intervened Until Mao'S Revolution Overran China Putting A Stop To Everything. In Memoirs: From Old Shanghai To The New World Anatole Maher Relates His Early Years In The Pearl Of The Orient A City Where Strong Racial And Social Lines Separated People The Pure Bloods From The Locals And Mixed Races The Rich And Powerful From The Lower Poorer Classes. The Youngest Of Seven Children Whose Parents Were Of Macanese-Japanese Descent Anatole Grows Up In The Culturally Diverse International Settlement Under The Over-Protective Watch Of His Eldest Sister. Despite The Humble Lower-Middle Class Origins Of The Mahers The Family Had Two Amahs And A Cook Who Lived With Them. Anatole Attends The St. Francis Xavier College Becomes An Active Member Of The Foreign Ymca And Graduates With First-Class Honors From The Henry Lester Technical Institute. From Early On Various Battles And Wars Disrupt His Life. His Neighborhood In Hongkew Is Bombarded Several Times But Anatole Survives The Japanese Occupation And World War Ii Unscathed. After Wwii He Works On A Danish Freighter Ship To See The World. When He Returns To China T