Michael Shew Book order (chronological)

Manchester, 2011. Lawyer Emily Fowler and her daughter Lily are trying to re- build their lives following the conviction of Emily's husband, Robert, for attempting to murder her. But it becomes immediately clear that moving on isn't going to be that easy.

Tens of thousands of men from southern China changed the course of American history with their tireless work in the California gold fields in the 1850s and their crucial contribution in the building of the first Transcontinental Railroad in the following decade.