Book Review of Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
Name of Book: Songs of Willow Frost Author: Jamie Ford ISBN: 978-0-345-52202-3 Publisher: Ballantine Books Type of book: 1920s, 1930s, glamor, orphan, Chinatown Seattle Washington, Great Depression, movies, coming back, mystery, single mother, crush Year it was published: 2013 Summary: Twelve-year-old William Eng, a Chinese-American boy, has lived at Seattle’s Sacred Heart Orphanage ever since his mother’s listless body was carried away from their small apartment five years ago. On his birthday—or rather, the day the nuns designate as his birthday—William and the other orphans are taken to the historical Moore Theatre, where William glimpses an actress on the silver screen who goes by the name of Willow Frost. Struck by her features, William is convinced that the movie star is his mother, Liu Song. Determined to find Willow, and prove his mother is still alive, William escapes from Sacred Heart with his friend Charlotte. The pair navigates the streets of Seattl...