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Love and other consolation prizes : a novel Cover Image Book

Love and other consolation prizes : a novel

Ford, Jamie (author.).

Summary: "Inspired by a true story, this is the unforgettable story of a young boy named Ernest, set during the 1909 Seattle world's fair called the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo. It is a time when the magical wonders of technology on display at the expo future seems limitless. But for Ernest, a half-Chinese orphan who found his way to America through a last desperate act of his beloved mother, every door is closed. A charity student at a boarding school, he has never really had a place to call home. Then one day, his wealthy sponsor announces that if a home is what he wants, then that is what he will have: Ernest will be offered as a prize in the daily raffle at the 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"--

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  • ISBN: 9780804176750
  • ISBN: 0804176752
  • ISBN: 9780804176774
  • Physical Description: print
    307 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]

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Subject: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.) Fiction
Families Fiction
Brothels Fiction
Friendship Fiction
Orphans Fiction
Raffles Fiction
Brothels
Friendships
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.

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  • 51 of 52 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Nantahala Regional Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 52 total copies.
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Graham County Library F FOR (Text) 80605001256915 Adult Fiction Available -
Murphy Public Library F FOR (Text) 80605000342005 Adult Fiction Available -
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