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There was a time when people of mixed race were thought of as freaks or misfits and treated as such. In Love and Other Consolation Prizes, a young Chinese-American boy is sold by his mother, herself a prostitute, in order to provide him with a better life. This was during the time of famine in China. When Yung Kun-ai (later known as Ernest Young) boards a freighter bound for the United States he is looking forward to a better life. But that isn't what's to be. He barely escapes with his life from the freighter and washes ashore in Seattle where he is taken to a shelter. After bouncing from place to place. He finally lands at a boys school he is beholden to Mrs. Irvine, his benefactress. But when he becomes a bit rebellious she takes him to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, treats him to a day at the fair, before providing him as the prize in the daily raffle. That's right, he's raffled off and won by Madame Flora, owner of a house called the Tenderloin in the red-light district. There Ernest meets two young girls, Maisie and Fahn (a Japanese girl who was on the boat with him years earlier). The three form an unbreakable bond that will last until their elder years. Ernest ends up married to one of the girls when the Tenderloin closes but the reader doesn't learn who he chose until almost the end of the book.

I loved this story! The juxtaposition of the AYP Exposition in 1910 with the Seattle World's Fair of 1962 provides a wonderful backdrop to the story. The author weaves Ernest's childhood with his later years in a spellbinding story. The characters are colorful, rich, and full of life. Exquisite details of the times and places pull the reader into the story and take him/her on a journey of depth and intrigue. The end is a beautiful twist to the story that this reader did not see coming. I found it difficult to choose a favorite character from the lot but I believe my heart belongs to Fahn in the end. You'll have to read this for yourself to find out if you agree with my choice.


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Love and Other Consolation Prizes A Novel Jamie Ford 9780804176774 Books Reviews

A beautiful story that brings life to many unknown histories of early Seattle. Friendship and love overcome the harshness of early 20th century racism. A fascinating story, which makes one want to know more about the emerald city.
Jamie Ford is a very special writer and has written three wonderful books. Each one has grabbed my heart, taught me things I did not know about ;and told me a compelling story with characters I will always treasure as special friends. The story is excellent and suits those of us who have compassionate hearts and an interest in history of our country. The writing is so excellent that one will always remember the characters he develops so fully.
Jamie Ford never disappoints. I thought I would never like a book as much as I liked "The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet," but I loved this just as much. It never ceases to amaze me what people can endure, and the characters in this novel have to overcome some horrific events to find love. Ford writes a compelling story about characters you come to love.
From his first book to this latest entry his works strike my heart in a most lyrical way. I cannot recommend his books enough to do them justice. If you know Seattle and it's rich and often tragic Asian history....his works are for you and all of us.
I have loved all of Jamie Ford's books and this one is no exception. It is a wonderfully told story flipping from the early 1900's to 1962 covering two Seattle World's Fairs and a mixed race Chinese boy now man named Earnest Young. It is a must read.
I love historical fiction and nonfiction. Jamie Ford is such a great, emotional, heart-warming story teller. I hate the fact that I have other responsibilities and can't just sit and read the entire book! I'm over halfway through it and am enjoying it immensely. In fact, it will be given as Christmas presents to many this year!
I will be very surprised if I ever see anything by Jamie Ford that deserves less than the maximum five stars. What impressed me most about LOVE and Other Consolation PRIZES is is how wonderfully he shows us the good in the "bad" people and the bad in the "good" people, forcing us to rethink which is which and to what extent, and to wonder if either classification is really appropriate.

Are the two who find out they were born out of wedlock any lesser persons on that account? Certainly not! That is about the phoniest excuse I have ever heard of for putting someone down!

Who is a better friend to Earnest, the "good" Mrs. Irvine or the "bad" Flora Nettleton? Who is a better friend to the prostitutes in the Tenderloin?

Jamie Ford has given us a wonderfully engrossing story, full of both sadness and joy, which forces us to notice that even the "bad" people have virtues and even the "good" have faults. Perhaps it will inspire us to think more charitably about our fellow citizens. It should also inspire you, if you haven't already, to read his wonderful first novel, HOTEL on the CORNER of BITTER and SWEET (five stars ++) and his excellent second, SONGS of WILLOW FROST (five stars).
There was a time when people of mixed race were thought of as freaks or misfits and treated as such. In Love and Other Consolation Prizes, a young Chinese-American boy is sold by his mother, herself a prostitute, in order to provide him with a better life. This was during the time of famine in China. When Yung Kun-ai (later known as Ernest Young) boards a freighter bound for the United States he is looking forward to a better life. But that isn't what's to be. He barely escapes with his life from the freighter and washes ashore in Seattle where he is taken to a shelter. After bouncing from place to place. He finally lands at a boys school he is beholden to Mrs. Irvine, his benefactress. But when he becomes a bit rebellious she takes him to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, treats him to a day at the fair, before providing him as the prize in the daily raffle. That's right, he's raffled off and won by Madame Flora, owner of a house called the Tenderloin in the red-light district. There Ernest meets two young girls, Maisie and Fahn (a Japanese girl who was on the boat with him years earlier). The three form an unbreakable bond that will last until their elder years. Ernest ends up married to one of the girls when the Tenderloin closes but the reader doesn't learn who he chose until almost the end of the book.

I loved this story! The juxtaposition of the AYP Exposition in 1910 with the Seattle World's Fair of 1962 provides a wonderful backdrop to the story. The author weaves Ernest's childhood with his later years in a spellbinding story. The characters are colorful, rich, and full of life. Exquisite details of the times and places pull the reader into the story and take him/her on a journey of depth and intrigue. The end is a beautiful twist to the story that this reader did not see coming. I found it difficult to choose a favorite character from the lot but I believe my heart belongs to Fahn in the end. You'll have to read this for yourself to find out if you agree with my choice.