Lee, Edward Y. C.
The Laundryman's Boy
- ISBN 13:
- 9781443470568
- author:
- Lee, Edward Y. C.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Harperavenue
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2024
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 22.6 x 15.5 x 1.4 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
The Laundryman's Boy by Edward Y. C. Lee is a powerful coming-of-age story set in early Canada. In 1913, Hoi Wing Woo, a young boy with dreams of an education, is forced to work in a Chinese laundry, washing clothes for sixteen hours a day.
Isolation and despair are his only companions until he meets Heather, an Irish scullery maid who shares his love of books. Together, they find solace in secret readings and begin to defy the restrictions of their servitude. But when Jonathan Braddock, a wealthy entrepreneur with a personal stake in Hoi Wing's fate, runs for mayor, their lives are put at risk.
This moving story bravely examines notions of race, duty, and friendship, offering a poignant portrayal of life in early Canada.
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