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Item Information       More Content     More by this author     Choa-Johnston, Simon.     Subjects     Merchants -- Fiction.     Polygamy -- Fiction.     Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.     Opium trade -- History -- Fiction.     Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Choa-Johnston, Simon.       by title:      The house of wives /...       by call number:      FICTION CHO     Search the Web     Choa-Johnston, Simon.     Merchants -- Fiction.     Polygamy -- Fiction.     Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.     Opium trade -- History -- Fiction.     Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The house of wives / Simon Choa-Johnston. by Choa-Johnston, Simon. Penguin, 2016. Call #: FICTION CHO Subjects Merchants -- Fiction.   Polygamy -- Fiction.   Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.   Opium trade -- History -- Fiction.   Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780670069477 (trade pbk.) Description:  304 p. ; 23 cm. Summary:  "In 1862, a young Jew from Calcutta named Emanuel Belilios leaves his dutiful wife Semah and sets sail for Hong Kong to make his fortune in the opium trade. There, he grows into a prosperous and respectable merchant, eventually falling in love with his Chinese business partner's daughter Pearl, a delicate beauty twenty years his junior. As a wedding present, he builds for her the most magnificent mansion in Hong Kong. Then Semah arrives unannounced from Calcutta to take her place as mistress of the house... and life will change irrevocably for all of them. Inspired by the lives of Choa-Johnston's ancestors, The House of Wives is an unforgettable novel about the machinations of the early opium trade, and about two remarkable women determined to secure a dynasty for their children in the tumultuous British Crown colony."--From publisher. Genre:  Historical fiction. Canadian fiction. Literary fiction. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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