Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet
Subtitle: a novel
By: Jamie Ford
Edition: 2013 Target ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780804176330
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Fathers and sons; Fiction; Japanese Americans; Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945; Widowers
Description: When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered in Seattle, Henry Lee embarks on a quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment.
Notes: Originally published by Ballantine Books in 2009.

Includes interview with author, reading group questions and topics for discussion, and an excerpt from Songs of Willow Frost.