02835cam a2200385 4500 472529982 TxAuBib 20210106120000.0 ||||||s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781629739472 1629739472 B08F1863SH Amazon 7a20d3a7-1b60-4f46-afdb-ddaff7f4b58f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5546894 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Moore, Heather B. The Paper Daughters of Chinatown [Libby eBook]. Shadow Mountain Publishing, 2020. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2420kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. immigrant experience. women's history. Asian-American. San Francisco. California. HTML:<b>Based on true events, <i>The Paper Daughters of Chinatown</i> is a powerful story about a largely unknown chapter in history and the women who emerged as heroes.</b><br /> In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco is a booming city with a dark side, one where a powerful underground organization-the criminal tong-buys and sells young Chinese women into prostitution and slavery. These "paper daughters," so called because fake documents gain them entry to America but leave them without legal identity, generally have no recourse. But the Occidental Mission Home for Girls is one bright spot of hope and help.<br /> Told in alternating chapters, this rich narrative follows the stories of young Donaldina "Dolly" Cameron, who works in the mission home, and Mei Lien, a "paper daughter" who thinks she is coming to America for an arranged marriage but instead is sold into a life of shame and despair.<br /> Dolly, a real-life pioneering advocate for social justice, bravely fights corrupt officials and violent gangs, helping to win freedom for thousands of Chinese women. Mei Lien endures heartbreak and betrayal in her search for hope, belonging, and love. Their stories merge in this gripping account of the courage and determination that helped to shape a new course of women's history in America. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-01-05 22:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7a20d3a7-1b60-4f46-afdb-ddaff7f4b58f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7a20d3a7-1b60-4f46-afdb-ddaff7f4b58f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7a20d3a7-1b60-4f46-afdb-ddaff7f4b58f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)