Love and other consolation prizes a novel
CD Audiobook |
Unabridged. |
Random House Audio,
New York :
[2017]
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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About
"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 seemslimitless. 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, hiswealthy 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 thesethree form the first real family Ernest has ever known"--
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Details
- ISBN: 9780525492566
- Physical Description: 9 audio discs (11.5 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 inchessound discsound recording
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Audio, [2017]
- Copyright: ℗2017
- General Note: Compact discs.
- Participant or Performer Note: Read by Emily Woo Zeller.