The Flower Boat Girl

A Novel Based on a True Story

By: Larry Feign

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

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.

©2021 Larry Feign (P)2022 Tantor

Epic story

I loved the way this male author seemed to capture a woman’s experience especially in the early 1800s. Great story of love, loss, conquest, and hope. Loved the main character. Won’t even try to spell her name. Bravo.

Narrator horrible

I was hoping this would be more historical than fiction. The narrator was so bad I returned it.

Nothing

Finished without ending. Dull. Good reading. Poor story line. Weak. Ok in depth. My wife liked it. But I thought it lacking.

I was so sad when it was over!

Honestly loved this book! It was so good and made me feel so much anger and also happiness, relates so well to a woman’s life.

The story overall was good. But wasn’t too happy with the narrator.

The narration with her try to change the voices from female to male pirate was not good at times cheesy and annoying.