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Collection: Adult Fiction
Call Number: F
Author: Ford, Jamie
Title: Love and other consolation prizes
Remainder of title: a novel
Summary, etc. note: "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 seems limitless. 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, his wealthy 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 these three form the first real family Ernest has ever known"--

International Standard Book Number: 9780804176750 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
International Standard Book Number: 9780804176774 (paperback)
Canceled/invalid ISBN: 9780804176767 (ebook)
Description conventions: rda
Authentication code: pcc
Classification number: PS3606.O737
Item number: L69 2017
Edition number: 23
Classification number: 813/.6
Source of number: bisacsh
Classification number: FIC014000
Classification number: FIC019000
Relator term: author.
Statement of responsibility, etc.: Jamie Ford.
Edition statement: First edition.
Place of publication: New York ,NY
Name of publisher: Balllantine Books
Date of publication: 2018
: New York :
: Ballantine Books,
: [2017]
Extent: 307 pages
Dimensions: 25 cm
: rdacontent
: text
: txt
: rdamedia
: unmediated
: n
: rdacarrier
: volume
: nc
: Provided by publisher.
Source of acquisition: B & T
Purchase price: 28.00
Source of heading or term: bisacsh
Subject: Families
Subject: Brothels
Subject: Friendship
Form subdivision: Fiction.
Form subdivision: Fiction.
Form subdivision: Fiction.
Genre/form data or focus term: Domestic fiction.
: Acquire
: 1 shelf copy
: policy default
: xn11 2017-10-19 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver.
: xk15 2017-06-28 (telework)
: xk06 2017-11-29 to CALM
: xk15 2017-06-28 ONIX (telework) to CIP

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