August 2018 Host: Stephanie
Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
Summary
In
this story, a young Chinese-American boy is sold by his mother in order to give
him a better life during a time of famine in China. He boards a freighter bound for the United
States and ends up at a boy’s school.
When he becomes rebellious, he ends up being raffled off at the 1910
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. He is purchased by the madame of a
house in the red-light district and befriends two girls, one of which will play
a big part in his future. The author
then weaves the main character’s later years into the story with the 1962
Seattle World’s Fair as the backdrop. This
is a beautiful story with very well developed characters.
Menu
Lunch at Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant
