
Love and other consolation prizes
About this book
A half-Chinese orphan whose mother sacrificed everything to give him a better chance is raffled off as a prize at Seattle's 1909 World's Fair, only to land in the ownership of the madam of a notorious brothel where he finds friendship and opportunities, in a story based on true events.
Subjects
FamiliesRafflesBrothelsChinese AmericansOrphansFriendshipAlaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.)FictionSeattle (wash.), fictionFiction, generalFiction, historicalFiction, coming of ageFiction, family lifeChinese americans, fictionFiction, historical, generalFICTION / LiteraryAlaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.) (uri) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86025612 (uri) http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|n86025612