At the dawn of World War Two, German-born nurse Emma Taylor sits by the bedside of a Jewish heiress in London as she reminisces over her dear friend, Oscar Wilde.
A deadly mutiny, terrifying rice riots and a confrontation with the Ku Klux Klan bring home, for all migrants, the fragility of belonging..
Emma is caught up in history, the highs, the lows, the adventures.
To her disappointing marriage to a British export agent, her struggle to fit into colonial life and the need to hide her true identity.
What really happened to her husband? She\'s taken back to her days in Singapore on the eve of World War One.
As the story of Wilde unravels, so does Emma\'s past.
At the dawn of World War Two, German-born nurse Emma Taylor sits by the bedside of a Jewish heiress in London as she reminisces over her dear friend, Oscar Wilde
