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The Paper Daughters of Chinatown

By: Heather B. Moore
Narrated by: Nancy Wu
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A powerful story based on true events surrounding Donaldina Cameron and other brave women who fought to help Chinese-American women escape discrimination and slavery in the late 19th century in California.

When Donaldina Cameron arrives at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895, she intends to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women immigrants, but, within days, she discovers that the job is much more complicated than perfect stitches and even hems. San Francisco has a dark side, one where a powerful underground organization - the criminal tong - brings Chinese young women to America to sell them as slaves. With the help of Chinese interpreters and the Chinatown police squad, Donaldina becomes a tireless social reformer to stop the abominable slave and prostitution trade.

Mei Lien believes she is sailing to the "Gold Mountain" in America to become the wife of a rich Chinese man. Instead she finds herself sold into prostitution - beaten, starved, and forced into an opium addiction. It is only after a narrow escape that she hears of the mission home and dares to think there might be hope for a new life.

©2020 Heather B. Moore (P)2020 Shadow Mountain Biographical Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction United States Women's Fiction World Literature Biography China China Town
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Well narrated but I think she could have left out the accent for Dolly. It sounded Irish rather that Scottish to me and I don't think it added anything to the story but was a bit off-putting.

Fascinating

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It was an enjoyable book and it offered a glimpse of American history behind the scenes.
But like another reviewer, the voice was irritating, especially the accent given to Donaldina. More of the northern Irish than themScots. After all that research, such a blunder.

History brought to life.

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The ‘Scottish’ accent is really off putting, and she could have looked in to how to pronounce Riordan and Inverness…

Let down by narrator

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What an amazing history this book is based on. This is historical fiction but based in the little talked about Chinese slave trade.
Really enlightening.

Fiction meets fact

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I have lived near San Francisco, so knew many of the areas the Author talked about and regularly visited China Town. To learn about it's past and nasty side was quite an eye opener. I loved the historic refererences and quotes. It was well read and very enjoyable.

The darker side of San Francisco

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