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Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet : a novel / Jamie Ford.

Ford, Jamie. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780345505330
  • ISBN: 0345505336
  • ISBN: 9780345505347
  • ISBN: 0345505344
  • Physical Description: 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, ©2009.

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Honor, 2009
Subject: Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945)
Japanese Americans.
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 > Fiction.
Widowers > Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.) > Fiction.
Fathers and sons.
Widowers.
Washington (State) > Seattle.
Prejudices > Fiction.
Concentration camps > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.

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East Grand Forks Campbell Library FORD (Text) 145117 Fiction Available -

Summary: Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.

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