We see it play out on the news on almost a daily basis. Racism, prejudice, and ignorance still control a vast portion of the US today. Sadly, I feel that this is not an issue we have made great strides toward solving. The treatment the Chinese received in this novel and in that time period were heartbreaking. Many white citizens in the Pacific Northwest feared the Chinese would take their jobs or ruin their culture. The act was intended to prohibit immigration of Chinese laborers, but it spawned a shameful period in American history that allowed racism, violence, and persecution to reign. A touching and tender book for fans of Marie Benedict, Susanna Kearsley, and Duncan Jepson, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk is a dual-time period novel that explores how a delicate piece of silk interweaves the past and the present, reminding us that todays actions have far reaching implications. All along the Pacific Coast, those of Chinese descent are being forced to flee after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Kelli Estes is the USA Today bestselling author of THE GIRL WHO WROTE IN SILK which has been translated into eleven languages and was the recipient of the Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association Nancy Pearl Book Award and the Women’s Fiction Writers Association Star Award (Debut). Mei Lin was born in Seattle and has never known her family's native land, but that doesn't matter on the afternoon when the white men in the city round up every Chinese person they can find and force them on a ship bound for China. The sleeve connects to the historical story which follows Mei Lin, a young Chinese woman living in Seattle during the 1880's.
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