The emperor of shoes : a novel
(2018)

Fiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : Harlequin Audio, 2018
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (10hr., 16 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781488204739 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT12064335, 148820473X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 12064335
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Read by Josh Bloomberg

Alex Cohen, a twenty-six-year-old Jewish Bostonian, is living in southern China, where his father runs their family-owned shoe factory. Alex reluctantly assumes the helm of the company, but as he explores the plant's vast floors and assembly lines, he comes to a grim realization: employees are exploited, regulatory systems are corrupt and Alex's own father is engaging in bribes to protect the bottom line. When Alex meets a seamstress named Ivy, his sympathies begin to shift. She is an embedded organizer of a pro-democratic Chinese party, secretly sowing dissonance among her fellow laborers. Will Alex remain loyal to his father and his heritage? Or will the sparks of revolution ignite?

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