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Apr 24, 2018
This story is sweet in so many ways. The characters are kind and likeable especially Ernest Young who early on is raffled away at the 1909 Yukon World Exposition and becomes the property of Madam Flora. This might seem like a harsh fate for a boy just reaching adolescence, but the "ladies" at the bordello are kind and nurturing, and he finds encounters loving and caring women as he grows into manhood. The historical depiction of Seattle is interesting and well portrayed, and the movement back and forth between 1909 and 1964 plays out smoothly and tenderly.