Thousand Pieces of Gold

Thousand Pieces of GoldBy: Ruthanne Lum McCunn The extraordinary biographical novel about a Chinese American woman who fought for independence and dignity in the American Westan important contribution to the history of pioneer women (Ms. Magazine) Lalu Nathoys father called his thirteen year old daughter his treasure, his thousand pieces of goldyet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel,

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private betrayals and triumphs

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