Love and Other Consolation Prizes
Autor: | Jamie Ford |
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EAN: | 9780749022853 |
eBook Format: | ePUB |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 12.09.2017 |
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Schlagworte: | 1909 world's fair 1962 world's fair Chinese slaves Seattle World's Fair bittersweet prohibition red light district romance |
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1909, Seattle. At the World's Fair a half-Chinese boy called Ernest Young is raffled off as a prize. He ends up working in a brothel in Seattle's famed Red Light District and falls in love with Maisie, the daughter of a flamboyant madam, and Fahn, a karayuki-san, a Japanese maid sold into servitude. On the eve of the new World's Fair in 1962, Ernest looks back on the past, the memories he made with his beloved wife while his daughter, a reporter, begins to unravel their tragic past.
Jamie Ford is the great-grandson of pioneer Min Chung, who emigrated from China to San Francisco in 1865, where he adopted the Western name 'Ford'. Jamie grew up in Seattle and now lives in Montana with his wife and children.
Jamie Ford is the great-grandson of pioneer Min Chung, who emigrated from China to San Francisco in 1865, where he adopted the Western name 'Ford'. Jamie grew up in Seattle and now lives in Montana with his wife and children.