Love and other consolation prizes

By Jamie Ford

Subjects: Chinese Americans, Fiction, coming of age, Fiction, general, Families, Seattle (wash.), fiction, Fiction, historical, FICTION / Literary, Fiction, historical, general, Brothels, Chinese americans, fiction, Fiction, family life, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909 : Seattle, Wash.), Fiction, Orphans, Raffles, Friendship

Description: 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.