Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the second episode of EGT Reads. This is your host Jennifer Ip and I’m here to introduce a very special story brought to you by an Elk Grove author. Her name is Gini Grossenbacher and she actually leads a writing group called Elk Grove Writers and Artists. Her debut book Madam Of My Heart won the 2018 IPPY silver medal for Historical Fiction, and was a finalist in the 2018 American Fiction Awards for Historical Fiction. The excerpt I’m going to be reading from today is from her second historical fiction novel, Madam In Silk. The story follows Ah Toy who has just arrived in San Francisco newly widowed and without a job. California has entered the Gold Rush and everyone is trying to make it rich. Unfortunately, no one wants to hire Ah Toy despite being able to speak fluent English, so what is a woman to do? Let’s find out.
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