Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet

Ford, Jamie.

Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet - New York. Ballantine Books. 3/28/2012 - 301 p. ; 21 cm.

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.

Includes reader's guide.

9780345505347 (pbk.) 0345505344 (pbk.) 9781442087897 (Paw Prints) 1442087897 (Paw Prints)


Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
Widowers -- Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction.