Super Short Summary

Love and Other Consolation Prizes follows the journey of Ernest Young, a Chinese-American boy smuggled to the United States, enduring immense hardship, and growing up in a Seattle brothel where he falls in love with two girls, Fahn and Maisie. The narrative alternates between his youth at the turn of the 20th century and his later years, revealing his struggle to navigate a life marked by exploitation, resilience, and love. The book contains themes of sex trafficking, racism, and child abuse.