ir, where they would meet secretly in the middle of the night. Joaquin decides to take off to California to mine for gold, leaving Eliza behind. The pregnant Eliza takes off after him hidden on a ship with the help of a Chinese physician by the name of Tao Chien. Eliza falls ill, loses her baby and Tao Chien is there to take care of her.Disguised as a man, Eliza spends several years searching the mining camps of northern California for her lover. At first, she is disguised as a Chinese boy. Then she transforms herself into a Chilean boy, acting as if she is the brother of Joaquin. Eliza will come in contact with a traveling brothel, where she decides to go along and play the piano for them. She eventually makes it back to San Francisco to live with Tao Chien. Together they start saving the lives of young Chinese girls who are sold to brothels, and are living in horrible, filthy conditions. They form an underground system where they have the help of Quakers, and Babalu the bad from the traveling brothel. Eliza soon hears word that Andieta had became a bandit and a group of men were sent out to search for him, bringing him back dead or alive. The men bring back what they say is Joaquins head, and display it for all to see. Eliza learns his head is on display and wants to go and see it immediately. With Tao Chien by her side, Eliza takes one look at the head, states she is free, and walks away.I want to start off with the transitions that Eliza went through. She had made the most transitions of all the characters. Her first transition was going from a little girl to a young woman, when she falls in love with Joaquin. She gets carried away with the illusion of love, and falls head over heels for him. Her second transition was when Tao Chien had made the decision to sneak her off the boat as a Chinese boy. She decided she actually liked dressing in mens clothes because they werent as restricting as womens. She then transitions...
