01944cam a2200277 4500 330625012 TxAuBib 20171010120000.0 170628s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017029513 9780804176750 hardcover : acid-free paper 0804176752 hardcover : acid-free paper TxAuBib Ford, Jamie. Love and other consolation prizes : a novel / Jamie Ford. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, 2017. 307 pages cm. "Inspired by a true story, this is the unforgettable story of a young boy named Ernest, set during the 1909 Seattle world's fair called the Alaska Yukon Pacific Expo. It is a time when the magical wonders of technology on display at the expo future seems limitless. But for Ernest, a half-Chinese orphan who found his way to America through a last desperate act of his beloved mother, every door is closed. A charity student at a boarding school, he has never really had a place to call home. Then one day, his wealthy sponsor announces that if a home is what he wants, then that is what he will have: Ernest will be offered as a prize in the daily raffle at the fair, advertised as "Healthy boy to a good home for the winning ticket holder." The woman who "wins" him is the madam of a notorious brothel who was famous for educating her girls. He becomes a houseboy in her brothel and is befriended by the daughter of the madam, as well as a Japanese girl who works in the kitchen. The friendship and love between these three form the first real family Ernest has ever known"-- Provided by publisher. 20171010. Families Fiction. Brothels Fiction. Friendship Fiction. FICTION / Literary. Domestic fiction.