The painted veil

<p>Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane.</p><p><br></p><p>When her husband discovers her adulterous affair he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic. </p><p>Stripped of the British society of her youth and the small but effective society she fought so hard to attain in Hong Kong</p><p>she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how to love.</p><p><br></p><p>The Painted Veil is a beautifully written affirmation of the human capacity to grow to change and to forgive.</p>