Thousand Pieces of Gold

Fiction & Literature, Historical
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Author: Ruthanne Lum McCunn ISBN: 9780807093740
Publisher: Beacon Press Publication: July 21, 2015
Imprint: Beacon Press Language: English
Author: Ruthanne Lum McCunn
ISBN: 9780807093740
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication: July 21, 2015
Imprint: Beacon Press
Language: English

Lalu Nathoy's father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his "thousand pieces of gold," yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned to a saloonkeeper, and offered as a prize in a poker game. This biographical novel is the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for independence and dignity in the American West.

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Lalu Nathoy's father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his "thousand pieces of gold," yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned to a saloonkeeper, and offered as a prize in a poker game. This biographical novel is the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for independence and dignity in the American West.

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