Love and Other Consolation Prizes - Signed / Autographed Copy

Jamie Ford

ISBN 10: 1524797545 / ISBN 13: 9781524797546

Published by Ballantine Books September 2017, 2017

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Very Good with clean, unmarked interior and covers. Jacket has some scuffing and soil.

Seller Inventory # 6410565

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Love and Other Consolation Prizes - Signed / Autographed Copy
• Publisher: Ballantine Books September 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1524797545
• ISBN 13: 9781524797546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, JAMIE FORD! 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 Consolations is an enchanting tale about innocence and devotion--in a world where everything, and everyone, is for sale.