Twelve-year-old William Eng, a Chinese American boy, has lived at Seattle’s Sacred Heart Orphanage ever since his mother’s listless body was carried away from their small apartment five years ago. On his birthday—or rather, the day the nuns designate as his birthday—William and the other orphans are...
This book was provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for my review Genre: Historical FictionPage Count: 352 pagesList Price: $26.00 Hardback $15.00 Paperback $12.99 Digital Publication Date: September 10, 2013Publisher: Ballanti...
The year is 1924. Willow Frost, aka Liu Song is a single mother living in Seattle, trying to make ends meet. When her mother died, Liu lived with her stepfather who impregnated her, but she never told him about the pregnancy. She left him and raised the child, William Eng, in secret. Meanwhile, she ...
The year is 1924. Willow Frost, aka Liu Song is a single mother living in Seattle, trying to make ends meet. When her mother died, Liu lived with her stepfather who impregnated her, but she never told him about the pregnancy. She left him and raised the child, William Eng, in secret. Meanwhile, she ...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/10/songs-of-willow-frost.htmlWillow Frost is a Chinese American actress. William Eng is a twelve year old Chinese American boy living in an orphanage. He has lived there for five years since his mother's body was carried a...
I think Jamie Ford set the bar pretty high when he wrote his first book, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet; so I was a little nervous to read his next one, hoping not to be disappointed. Ford goes back a little further this time, to the beginnings of the Depression, but again his story weaves ...
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