Love and Other Consolation Prizes: A Novel [SIGNED FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Ford, Jamie

Verlag: Ballantine Books, New York, 2017

Beschreibung

As new condition gold boards, red spine, and gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Jamie Ford; Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote; Author's Note; Acknowledgments and About the Author. The jacket front contains a 1 1/2 inch round gold "Signed Copy" sticker. Signed by the author with thick black Sharpie on the second blank front endpaper. "From the bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet comes a powerful novel, inspired by a true story, about a boy whose life is transformed at Seattle's epic 1909 World's Fair. For twelve-year-old Ernest Young, a charity student at a boarding school, the chance to go to the World's Fair feels like a gift. But only once he's there, amid the exotic exhibits, fireworks, and Ferris wheels, does he discover that he is the one who is actually the prize. The half-Chinese orphan is astounded to learn he will be raffled off--a "healthy boy to a good home." The winning ticket belongs to the flamboyant madam of a high-class brothel, famous for educating her girls. There, Ernest becomes the new houseboy and befriends Maisie, the madam's precocious daughter, and a bold scullery maid named Fahn. Their friendship and affection form the first real family Ernest has ever known -- and against all odds, this new sporting life gives him the sense of home he's always desired. But as the grande dame succumbs to an occupational hazard and their world of finery begins to crumble, all three must grapple with hope, ambition, and first love. Fifty years later, in the shadow of Seattle's second World's Fair, Ernest struggles to help his ailing wife reconcile who she once was with who she wanted to be, while trying to keep family secrets hidden from their grown-up daughters. Against a rich backdrop of post-Victorian vice, suffrage, and celebration, Love and Other Consolation Prizes is an enchanting tale about innocence and devotion -- in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale." -- from the inner front jacket flap. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jamie Ford is the New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, which won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and Songs of Willow Frost. Having grown up in Seattle, he now lives in Montana with his wife and children. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006903

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Love and Other Consolation Prizes: A Novel [...

Verlag: Ballantine Books, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2017

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Wong, Victoria (book design)

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition