Love and Other Consolation Prizes

Love and Other Consolation Prizes

2017 • 320 pages

Ratings8

Average rating3.9

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A half-Chinese orphan whose mother sacrificed everything to give him a better chance is raffled off as a prize at Seattle's 1909 World's Fair, only to land in the ownership of the madam of a notorious brothel where he finds friendship and opportunities, in a story based on true events.


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Sweet story. I didn't love it; I didn't hate it. I expected more.

January 13, 2020

if it were not for ford's lovely writing, this rating would be 0 stars, because of the boring plot points that ultimately made this story fall severely short. especially in comparison to his previous works...

January 8, 2024