Love and Other Consolation Prizes
Author(s): Jamie Ford
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.
Product Information
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.
General Fields
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- : Allison & Busby, Limited
- : Allison & Busby, Limited
- : September 2017
- : {"length"=>["23.4"], "width"=>["15.3"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}
- : United Kingdom
- : October 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jamie Ford
- : Paperback
- : 1117
- : English
- : 813
- : 352