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Love and other consolation prizes : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0804176752 (hardcover
- ISBN: 9780804176750 (hardcover
- ISBN: 9780804176767 (ebook)
- ISBN: 0804176752 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780804176750 : HRD
- ISBN: 9780804176750 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
- ISBN: 0804176752 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
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Physical Description:
307 pages ; 25 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2017]
- Copyright: 2017
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references, |
| Summary, etc.: | Half-Chinese Ernest Young, a charity student at a boarding school, is astounded to learn he will be raffled off-- a healthy boy 'to a good home' -- at Seattle's 1909 World's Fair. The winning ticket belongs to the madam of a high-class brothel, famous for educating her girls. Ernest becomes the new houseboy and befriends Maisie, the madam's daughter, and a bold scullery maid named Fahn. They form the first real family Ernest has ever known. Fifty years later, in the shadow of Seattle's second World's Fair, Ernest struggles to help his ailing wife reconcile who she once was with who she wanted to be, while trying to keep family secrets hidden from their grown-up daughters. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.) Fiction Families Fiction Brothels Fiction Friendship Fiction Orphans Fiction Raffles Fiction Chinese Americans Fiction Orphans Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 36 of 38 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 38 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | F For (Text) | 33180141781824 | Adult Fiction - First Floor | Available | - |
