The Flower Boat Girl, Larry Feign
The Flower Boat Girl, Larry Feign
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The Flower Boat Girl
A Novel Based on a True Story

Author: Larry Feign

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 17 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/16/2022


Synopsis

Her father traded away her youth. Sea bandits stole her freedom. She has one way to get them back: Become the most powerful pirate in the world.

South China coast, 1801. Sold as a child to a floating brothel, twenty-six-year-old Yang has finally bought her freedom, only to be kidnapped by a brutal pirate gang and forced to marry their leader.

Dragged through stormy seas and lawless bandit havens, Yang must stay scrappy to survive. She embeds herself in the dark business of piracy, carving out her role against the resistance of powerful pirate leaders and Cheung Po Tsai, her husband's flamboyant male concubine.

As she is caught between bitter rivals fighting for mastery over the pirates—and for her heart—Yang faces a choice between two things she never dreamed might be hers: power or love.

Based on a true story that has never been fully told until now, The Flower Boat Girl is the tale of a woman who, against all odds, shaped history on her own terms.

About Larry Feign

Larry Feign is an award-winning writer and artist who has lived walking distance from notorious pirate haunts in a South China Sea island village since 1991. He is the author of several books about Hong Kong, as well as a children's book series under a pen name. He is married with two grown children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alice on August 11, 2021

This was a very entertaining read about a legendary woman pirate from 19th Century Southern China. The prose was lush, sensual and pellucid. It was almost like watching an action movie. The account of how pirates struggle with manipulating authorities, volatile and deadly weather, interpersonal confl......more

Goodreads review by Jesus on April 29, 2023

Flower Boat Girl Basada en la historia de Zheng Yi Sao (Cheng Yat Sou en el libro), mujer que comando legiones de piartas en la mar de China. Novelizacion de como paso de ser una chica de FlowerBoat, a esposa de un capitán pirata, a crear y controlar una confederación de piratas y gobernar los mares.......more

Goodreads review by Fiona on February 09, 2023

This is the second novel I've read about the Chinese woman known to history as Cheng I Sao (the first was Dragon Lady by Autumn Bardot). I prefer The Flower Boat Girl, because it delves deeper into the Cantonese culture and the motivations of our heroine (known here as Yang). The setting is really w......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on January 11, 2023

This was a DNF for me 🤷‍♀️......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on October 04, 2021

REVIEW: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 4.5/5.0 Genre: Historical Fiction Wow! Based on a true story, this novel had me hooked from the beginning! This book reads like an epic movie!! Packed with adventure, action, tragedy, triumph and rich characters, this story will capture your heart!......more