Paper Daughters by Heather Moore is a real eye opener. Takes place in San Franisco and the Bay Area. Heather brings this events of real life to China Town 1895 -mid 1900s.
Donaldina (Dolly) Cameron saves the lives of many children and young ladies. She was one amazing lady.

This book was well written and true to the author’s high standard. I did not finish the book due to subject.

San Francisco in the late 1800's and early 1900's was an interesting place. I would assume there were wonderful parts of it, but this book is mostly in Chinatown where a travesty of women was taking place. This book shows the amazing work of a woman who gave her life to saving women of all ages from slavery and prostitution. The book was not graphic, but the points were well made. The use of opium, prostitution, and abuse are in this book, and it is not without its sorrow as the reader delves into the lives of some of these women.

I appreciate the authors class in bringing this subject forward. It was written without vulgarity and tastefully done. I appreciate how you followed a few of the women through a longer period of their lives and watch the changes they made.

I would recommend this book to lovers of historical fiction and those who appreciate history of strong women.

Thank you to the Publisher and Netgalley for an Advanced copy.
What can I say? I loved this story. I had never heard of Donaldina Cameron and her fight to help those that were lied to about a better life upon arrival in the United States. She did so helped so many succeed in life. Most of the characters are real and the fictional characters were a great addition to the story. The author did a wonderful job telling the history of Donaldina Cameron.
"A powerful story about Donaldina Cameron and other brave women who fought to help Chinese-American women escape discrimination and slavery in the late 19th century in California." This is the description of the book and yes, it is, indeed a very powerful story.

An excellent novel depicting the courage of an American woman in saving and offering shelter to Chinese women slaves for close to 40 years. Starting at the end of the 19th century, Donaldina Cameron showed endless courage and humanity to provide a future to the women she considered her daughters. Very well and cleverly written with original short reports on the situation at the time, from theat time. Highy recommended read to these sensitive to non fiction heroes. Thanks to NetGalley to allow me to read this book. Christine Boos

A heartbreaking look at something that still plagues our society today — the evil of human trafficking. Dolly was an amazing example of what an impact just one person can have, even with limited resources. One thing that was never lacking though, was faith, love, and hope.

Clean, well-written, and thoroughly researched, I was honored with an advance copy and highly recommend this book!