Set in Siam and Europe during the 1920s, the glittering decade of change, The Moon in the Mango Tree is based upon the true story of Barbara Bond, a beautiful young ex-patriot and opera singer from Philadelphia who is forced to choose between her fierce desire for independence – a desire to create something of her own to give purpose and meaning to her life – and a deep abiding love for her missionary husband who harbors a mysterious secret. But when you choose between two things you love, must one be lost forever?