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Two unlikely people form an unexpected bond in bestselling author Karen Joy Fowler's captivating historical novel--a New York Times Notable Book. When black cloaked Sarah Canary wanders into a Chinese labor camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin Ah Kin is ordered by... Read Full Overview

When black-cloaked Sarah Canary wanders into a railway camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin Ah Kin is ordered by his uncle to escort ''the ugliest woman he could imagine'' away. Far away. But Chin soon becomes the follower. In the first of many such instances, they... Read Full Overview

When black-cloaked Sarah Canary wanders into a railway camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin Ah Kin is ordered by his uncle to escort ''the ugliest woman he could imagine'' away. Far away. But Chin soon becomes the follower. In the first of many such instances, they... Read Full Overview

In the winter of 1873, a white woman mysteriously appears in a Chinese railway camp. Ordered by his uncle to return her to the white world, a young Chinese boy embarks on a journey that is both heroic and mystical in its quest for right and good. Utterly original.--Chicago Tribune... Read Full Overview