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Paper wife  Cover Image Book Book

Paper wife : Laila Ibrahim.

Ibrahim, Laila, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781503904576
  • Physical Description: 273 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Subtitle from cover.
Includes book discussion questions.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Angel Island Immigration Station (Calif.) > Fiction.
Chinese Americans > Fiction.
Arranged marriage > China > Fiction.
Women immigrants > United States > Fiction.
Orphans > China > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Deception > Fiction.
Nineteen twenties > Fiction.
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction.
San Francisco (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Families.
Female friendship.
Historical fiction.
Man-woman relationships.
Marriage.
Orphans.
Women immigrants.
California.
California > Angel Island.
California > San Francisco.
California > San Francisco > Chinatown.
China.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at East Grand Forks Campbell Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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East Grand Forks Campbell Library IBRAHIM (Text) 517753 Fiction Available -

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500 . ‡aSubtitle from cover.
500 . ‡aIncludes book discussion questions.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 . ‡a"A heart-wrenching story about finding strength in a new world. Southern China, 1923. Desperate to secure her future, Mei Ling's parents arrange a marriage to a widower in California. To enter the country, she must pretend to be her husband's first wife--a paper wife. On the perilous voyage, Mei Ling takes an orphan girl named Siew under her wing. Dreams of a better life in America give Mei Ling the strength to endure the treacherous journey and detainment on Angel Island. But when she finally reaches San Francisco, she's met with a surprise. Her husband, Chinn Kai Li, is a houseboy, not the successful merchant he led her to believe. Mei Ling is penniless, pregnant, and bound to a man she doesn't know. Her fragile marriage is tested further when she discovers that Siew will likely be forced into prostitution. Desperate to rescue Siew, she must convince her husband that an orphan's life is worth fighting for. Can Mei Ling find a way to make a real family--even if it's built on a paper foundation?"--Publisher.
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651 0. ‡aSan Francisco (Calif.) ‡xHistory ‡y20th century ‡vFiction.
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650 7. ‡aFamilies. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01728849
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651 7. ‡aCalifornia ‡zSan Francisco ‡zChinatown. ‡2fast ‡0(OCoLC)fst01322866
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