The Ragged Edge

This is an exotic romance about a young woman's encounter with a troubled soul in the teeming streets of 1910 Canton. Ruth Enschede arrives in China with fresh eyes, drawn to the sensory overload of pole-chair processions through ancient streets. But she encounters Howard Spurlock, a young man whose alcoholism and haunted past make him a social outcast. What begins as observation becomes compassion as Ruth sees past his scars to the man beneath. Theirs is a love story written in the margins of Empire, where East meets West and two lost souls might find each other. MacGrath writes with vivid texture about a world in transition, capturing the last gasps of old China before the modern age reshapes everything. It's a book about redemption through human connection, about seeing clearly when everything around you is chaos.