Paper wife
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9781503904576
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| Grouped Work ID | e1ab8fcf-07da-339f-8d2f-b985999afbf7 |
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| Grouping Title | paper wife |
| Grouping Author | laila ibrahim |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-06-11 05:08:27AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-06-20 05:14:55AM |
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From the bestselling author of Yellow Crocus comes 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?
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2018
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Angel Island (Calif.) -- Fiction
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Fiction
Chinese Americans -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families -- Fiction
Female friendship -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Marriage -- Fiction
Orphans -- Fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Women immigrants -- Fiction
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Fiction
Chinese Americans -- Fiction
Domestic fiction
Families -- Fiction
Female friendship -- Fiction
Historical fiction
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
Marriage -- Fiction
Orphans -- Fiction
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Women immigrants -- Fiction
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Paper wife
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Paper wife / Laila Ibrahim
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Paper wife
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Families
Female friendship
Man-woman relationships
Marriage
Orphans
Women immigrants
Families
Female friendship
Man-woman relationships
Marriage
Orphans
Women immigrants
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| ils:735262 | Book | Books | English | Lake Union Publishing | [2018] | 273 pages ; 21 cm |
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