Saturday Snippet: A Jacket to Keep You Warm

This week's Saturday Snippet is taken from 

Escape from Gold Mountain 

by Zina Abbott

Canton, China ~ March, 1880

Ling Loi entered her mother’s room and bowed in respect. Holding a bowl of tea with both hands, she sank to her knees and carefully placed the hot beverage on a short table next to the older woman. Her eyes followed the final stitches her mother used to fasten an extra layer of heavy black cotton cloth to the inside back lining of a new garment. “Honored Mother, what is it you are sewing?"

          Loi watched as her mother’s eyes, full of sorrow, lifted to gaze at her. “I hear the weather is colder in Gum Saan (Gold Mountain or California), than it is here. This is a jacket to keep you warm. You will not have a dowry, but at least when you join your husband, you will bring with you adequate clothing.”

          Loi dropped her gaze and studied the mat-covered floor. “It is true, then, Heng still plans to send me across the ocean to a husband in America? He cannot find someone local for me?”

Escape from Gold Mountain will initially be offered on more than one vendor. The release day is scheduled for September 4, 2019. It is currently on a pre-order sale on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. On September 5th, the book will move to its regular ebook price. If you are a Nook reader, the book will only be available for Nook for a short time before it removed and offered digitally exclusively on Amazon and the Kindle Unlimited program.

The book will be offered in print format and continue to be offered for sale as a paperback on both vendors.

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