Love and Other Consolation Prizes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780525501237)

Vendor: Jamie Ford
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$32.00
$32.00
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Love and Other Consolation Prizes

$32.00

Love and Other Consolation Prizes

$32.00
Format: Paperback
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A half-Chinese orphan is "offered as a prize in the daily raffle at the [1909 Seattle world's fair], advertised as 'Healthy boy to a good home for the winning ticket holder.' The woman who 'wins' him is the madam of a notorious brothel who was famous for educating her girls. He becomes a houseboy in her brothel and is befriended by the daughter of the madam, as well as a Japanese girl who works in the kitchen. The friendship and love between these three form the first real family Ernest has ever known"--

Author: Jamie Ford
ISBN-10: 0525501231
ISBN-13: 9780525501237
Publisher: Diversified Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2017
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d
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By Jamie Ford
By Jamie Ford
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The son of a Chinese American father, Jamie Ford is the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, which won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and Songs of Willow Frost. Having grown up in Seattle, he now lives in Montana with his wife and children.

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