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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Ibrahim, Laila, author.     Subjects     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ibrahim, Laila, author.       by title:      Paper wife / Laila I...         MARC Display

Paper wife / Laila Ibrahim. by Ibrahim, Laila, author. Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, [2018] Subjects 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. ISBN:  9781503904576 (trade paperback) 1503904571 (trade paperback) Description:  273 pages ; 21 cm Requests:  1 Summary:  "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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status Due Date   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Fiction Ibrahim (pbk) Checked out 05/24/2024 Add Copy to MyList

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