Songs of Willow Frost: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 0345522028
- ISBN-13
- 9780345522023
- Series
- Songs of Willow Frost
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 331
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Author
- Jamie Ford
Description
Confined to Seattle's Sacred Heart Orphanage during the Great Depression, Chinese-American boy William Eng becomes convinced that a certain movie actress is actually the mother he has not seen since he was seven years old, a belief that compels a determined search for answers. By the award-winning author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.
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