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Original Title:	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
ISBN:	0345505336 (ISBN13: 9780345505330)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Henry Lee, Keiko Okabe
Setting:	Seattle, Washington(United States) Puyallup, Washington(United States) Minidoka, Idaho(United States) …more Washington (state)(United States) …less
Literary Awards:	Montana Book Award (2009), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2009), David J. Langum Sr. Prize Nominee for American Historical Fiction (Director's Mention) (2009), Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Adult Fiction (2009)

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Jamie Ford

Hardcover | Pages: 290 pages

Rating: 4.01 | 254291 Users | 20201 Reviews

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Title	:	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Author	:	Jamie Ford
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 290 pages
Published	:	January 27th 2009 by Ballantine Books
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Book Club. War. World War II

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In 1986, Henry Lee joins a crowd outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has discovered the belongings of Japanese families who were sent to internment camps during World War II. As the owner displays and unfurls a Japanese parasol, Henry, a Chinese American, remembers a young Japanese American girl from his childhood in the 1940s—Keiko Okabe, with whom he forged a bond of friendship and innocent love that transcended the prejudices of their Old World ancestors. After Keiko and her family were evacuated to the internment camps, she and Henry could only hope that their promise to each other would be kept. Now, forty years later, Henry explores the hotel's basement for the Okabe family's belongings and for a long-lost object whose value he cannot even begin to measure. His search will take him on a journey to revisit the sacrifices he has made for family, for love, for country.

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I wanted so much more from this book.........but sadly I just did not get it. This could have been a wonderful historical novel but it ended up being a cute love story and perhaps I expected too much from the book in the first place and therefore was disappointed with the read.I was really looking forward to this book because it was about a period of US history in World War 2 involving the detention of US citizens of Japanese background which I knew very little about and was looking forward to

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, Release Date 1/27/2009, $24.00 I've just finished reading Jamie Ford's forthcoming novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, and am still basking in the glow. The characters are fully realized, the title is a real attention grabber, and the story fleshed out with plenty of local and period detail. Ford provides an intimate look at life on the homefront during WWII from the uncommon perpective of an earnest Chinese-American boy and his

This was my first ever audiobook. It was a good choice, listening to it being read with Chinese accents from Henry and his family made it even more interesting.This is the story of Henry, an American born Chinese American and his family, including his dogmatic and anti-Japanese father.Keiko is a second generation Japanese American.The two meet in a special school where they have won scholarships because of their high intellect. They are the two OUTCASTS in an otherwise all white school. It is

Switching between 1942 and 1986 this is an easy read on a complex subject. A historical romance with a Romeo & Juliet twist, this time the doomed love affair between Henry, a Chinese American and Keiko, a Japanese American; its historical focus the internment of Japanese Americans during WW2. I loved the inclusion of Seattles music scene, the symbolism of the lost jazz record interwoven throughout, the passages that escalated it above a pure romance novel. (view spoiler)[ In one, after the

If this isn't an eye opening book, I don't know what is. This is a story of a 1st generation Chinese American boy named Henry in 1942 Seattle. During World War II his father wants to ensure no one confuses him for the ostracized Japanese and sends his son to an all white school with an "I Am Chinese" button on his clothing. There he meets 2nd generation Japanese American girl named Keiko. Though Henry's father has a passionate hatred for the Japanese, Henry develops a sweet, deep and secretive

Wow, just wow. This book was masterfully told and while it started slow, it built into a crescendo of feelings and emotions. The character development was amazing, the storyline outstanding, and the writing masterful.Recommend this. Pick it up, read it.

A rich, tender, personal story so touching and full of history I should know, but didn't. Pulled at my heartstrings and made me longingly linger over and over the last few chapters.Set durring the height of Nihonmachi district (JapanTown) area of Seattle, Washingtom. You jump from 1986 to 1942 thoughout the story. To tell the tale of Henery Lee an intelligent, brave, 12yr old Chinese American quickly growing into a man thru struggling WWII times. He has a strained relationship with his father