The Resource Love and other consolation prizes : a novel, Jamie Ford
Love and other consolation prizes : a novel, Jamie Ford
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Resource Information
The item Love and other consolation prizes : a novel, Jamie Ford represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Rome Jervis Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- A half-Chinese orphan is "offered as a prize in the daily raffle at the [1909 Seattle world's 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804176750
- Label
- Love and other consolation prizes : a novel
- Title
- Love and other consolation prizes
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Jamie Ford
- Title variation
- Consolation prizes
- Title variation remainder
- a novel
- Subject
-
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Chinese Americans -- Fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909, Seattle, Wash. -- Fiction
- Brothels -- Fiction
- Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash. -- Fiction
- FICTION / Literary
- Families -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A half-Chinese orphan is "offered as a prize in the daily raffle at the [1909 Seattle world's 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ford, Jamie
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3606.O737
- LC item number
- L69 2017
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Orphans
- Chinese Americans
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
- Century 21 Exposition
- Families
- Friendship
- Family secrets
- Brothels
- FICTION / Literary
- Label
- Love and other consolation prizes : a novel, Jamie Ford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2017029513
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804176750
- Lccn
- 2017029513
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)966946007
- Label
- Love and other consolation prizes : a novel, Jamie Ford
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2017029513
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 307 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804176750
- Lccn
- 2017029513
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)966946007
Subject
- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909, Seattle, Wash. -- Fiction
- Brothels -- Fiction
- Century 21 Exposition, 1962, Seattle, Wash. -- Fiction
- Chinese Americans -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- FICTION / Literary
- Families -- Fiction
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Orphans -- Fiction
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