Ebook {Epub PDF} Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford

 · Praise for Love and Other Consolation Prizes “Exciting [Jamie] Ford captures the thrill of first kisses and the shock of revealing long-hidden affairs.”—Kirkus Reviews “Strong A laudable effort that shines light on little known histories.”—Library Journal “Poignant Vibrantly rendered.”—BooklistBrand: Random House Publishing Group. Only Jamie Ford could take a snippet of a true story about a child offered as a raffle prize at the Seattle World's Fair and spin it into a dazzling tale of love and family and ultimately hope. Love and Other Consolation Prizes " has the big generous heart Ford always brings to his novels and fans will rejoice in it.  · Love and Other Consolations Prizes by Jamie Ford is a Ballantine publication. A stirring, poignant story of love in its various stages and forms, crossing oceans and spanning decades- This is my first novel by Jamie Ford/5(K).

Love and Other Consolation Prizes is set mostly in Seattle, but the international backgrounds of the main characters are part of what makes this story so fascinating. Read full review. Other editions - View all. Love and Other Consolation Prizes: A Novel Jamie Ford Limited preview - Love and Other Consolation Prizes: A Novel Jamie. Love and Other Consolation Prizes was inspired by the true story featured in the September issue of the Seattle Times stating there was a raffle at the Worlds Fair for a number of prizes, including a month-old orphan boy, "property of the Washington Children's Home Society.". The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Ford, Jamie. Love and Other Consolation Prizes. Penguin Random House, In Love and Other Consolation Prizes, Jamie Ford chronicles the life of Ernest Young through chapters that skip between Ernest's youth and an elderly Ernest.

Only Jamie Ford could take a snippet of a true story about a child offered as a raffle prize at the Seattle World's Fair and spin it into a dazzling tale of love and family and ultimately hope. Love and Other Consolation Prizes " has the big generous heart Ford always brings to his novels and fans will rejoice in it. There was a time when people of mixed race were thought of as freaks or misfits and treated as such. In Love and Other Consolation Prizes, a young Chinese-American boy is sold by his mother, herself a prostitute, in order to provide him with a better life. This was during the time of famine in China. LOVE AND OTHER CONSOLATION PRIZES. by Jamie Ford ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 12, Too old to dream of being adopted, Ernest Young is raffled off at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific World Exposition to Madame Flora, who runs a notorious brothel. His adventures have just begun.