Nice copy, plays well and came well packed. Charlie wants to marry her, but she values her hard-won independence and keeps refusing so they end up living together. It follows the life of the girl all the way into the 1900's, and her journey to America where she finally becomes free. Have you seen Thousand Pieces of Gold? This book will make you happy. Just watched this the other day on Hulu.
It's a nice, light read, even though many things that happen are not pleasant at all. Want to help us spread the popularity of Romance in Entertainment? Refusing to become a whore, Lalu ultimately finds her own way in this strange country filled with white demons. Release Date: Not Yet Rated 1 hr 45 min Plot Summary Set in the 1880s, this film chronicles the journey of Lalu Rosalind Chao , a Chinese woman whose financially desperate family sells her as a bride. This lady lived such an True stories are the best! Charlie's fondness for Lalu blossoms into deep devotion, though it is to be a very long time before Lalu returns Charlie's affection. Northern China in the 1860s and 1870s is a tough place to grow up.
He wa This is an utterly delightful book. She could not be bullied and intimidated, and although they did not care for her, by facing them head on without fear As she did towards any obstacle in her path , she gained their respect. Its redeeming social value, if it has one, is in showing the fallout from racism and sexism. What did she make of her life? This is a biographical novel about the Chinese woman Lalu Nathoy 1853-1933 , sold to bandits by her beloved father for the mere sum of two bags of seeds. Knowing that similar things actually happened to people, helped to hold my attention and made me want to know the outcome. She ends up sold again, comes to America where she is enslaved until she is eventually lost and ultimatly won in a poker game.
In this respect, it seems true to the time period. They eventually built a ranch together on the Salmon River which was 18 miles from Warrens. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the. She is sent to the United States, where she is bought by sleazy barkeep Hong King Michael Paul Chan , who plans to make money off of Lalu by forcing her into a life of prostitution. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town as entertainment for the. Cast: , , , , , , , Director: Nancy Kelly Genres: Keywords: , , , , , ,. She worked hard, learned how to do things better than anyone, and most important.
It also portrayed the growing racism against the Chinese and their treatment by early western settlers. Following a confrontation, Hong King, who is Lalu's legal husband, is forced to admit that a live cleaning and scrubbing woman is better than a dead Chinese whore, and he finally grants Lalu her wish to work off her debt via hard labor. Taken in chains across the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco, she's promptly auctioned off to a Chinese trader known as Jim Dennis Dun. While not my favorite recent read, all in all, I would say it is a good read for anyone that likes historical fiction, and is looking for a fast, easy read. Although conflicted, Jim fulfills his professional obligation to deliver Lalu to Hong King Michael Paul Chan , a saloon owner in a rough Idaho mining town. The story is told very simply but covers such deep issues. Hong King's plans for Lalo include exploiting her as an exotic change-of-pace from the town's white whores.
The Chinese Exclusion Act caused much upheaval and misery among the Chinese immigrants as was depicted in the movie, in which the Bemises were caught up. In the hope that some day she will marry above her station, her feet are bound. Between bandits and soldiers who often act worse than the bandits, Lalu's life definitely has its ups and downs. This film addresses the racial problems that blighted Western Societies some 150 years ago. So, I have stood on the steps of her house in Warren and feel as though her history is also a part of my family's history.
To a wealthy Chinese named Hong King, owner of a saloon at the mining camp in Warrens, Idaho. This book is about a young Chinese girl who, in the 1800's, is bought away from her family and forced into slavery and a life of hardships and discouragements. Based on a true story. Sensing her fierce determination not to be a whore, Charlie gives Lalu tips on how to save herself from her seemingly hopeless fate. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. It follows the life of the girl all the way into the 1900's, and her journey to America where she finally becomes free. I read the ebook version which included an essay added later after publication in which the author explained in detail how she compiled the history and facts to tell Polly Bemis's story, told as a biographical novel.
I read this book because it was a selection for my book club. I found myself wiggling my toes, grateful for the freeing, unbound feeling of the body during pregnancy. As a public health educator, she was hired to produce five short dramas about how to drink responsibly. Rosalind Chao stars as Lalu Nathoy, a young woman sold into marriage by her impoverished father in late 19th century China. This is how the old west must have been, and this movie gives us an honest and dramatic portrayal. A slave trader, Jim Dennis Dun brings Lalu to the U.
The last half of the book is also the love story of Charlie and Polly - the tragedies that befell them as well as the celebrations. She moves in with him but insists they remain platonic and keep separate quarters. Polly was born in China but was sold by her father to keep the family from starving. She is sold first to a brothel, then to a slave merchant bound for America. But i found it perfect.