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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Book ID
104472693
Publisher
Books on Tape
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
1 MB
Category
Fiction
ISBN
1415962103

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✦ Synopsis

In the opening pages of Jamie Ford's stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle'sJapantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol ...

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
✍ Ford, Jamie πŸ“‚ Fiction πŸ“… 2009 πŸ› Ballantine Books 🌐 English βš– 499 KB

In the opening pages of Jamie Ford’s stunning debut novel, \*\*Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet\*\*, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle’s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discov

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Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
✍ Ford, Jamie πŸ“‚ Fiction πŸ“… 2009 πŸ› Ballantine Books 🌐 English βš– 551 KB

"Sentimental, heartfelt….the exploration of Henry’s changing relationship with his family and with Keiko will keep most readers turning pages...A timely debut that not only reminds readers of a shameful episode in American history, but cautions us to examine the present and take heed we don’t repeat