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Love and Other Consolation Prizes

Hardback

Main Details

Title Love and Other Consolation Prizes
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jamie Ford
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780749022754
ClassificationsDewey:813.6
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Allison & Busby
Imprint Allison & Busby
Publication Date 12 September 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

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.