Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Ford, Jamie
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0345505336
- ISBN 13
- 9780345505330
- Seller
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Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ballantine, 2009. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine in wraps, lightly rubbed at the edges. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A nice pre-publication copy of Ford's best-seller about a friendship between a Chinese-American boy and a Japanese-American girl in a World War II internment camp.
Synopsis
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is a bestselling novel (2009) by Jamie Ford.
Reviews
On Oct 6 2010, Ccqdesigns said:
I just finished this wonderful book and immediately went to look up what other books Mr. Ford had written. I was surprised that this was his first novel! This novel was not the quality of a beginner, but of a seasoned successful writer that I want to read more of immediately! His love story of Henry and Keiko in a time of war and prejudice, when Chinese and Japanese could not love, took me away to a time and place and made me want to dig through the basement of the Panama Hotel myself. I cannot ...more I just finished this wonderful book and immediately went to look up what other books Mr. Ford had written. I was surprised that this was his first novel! This novel was not the quality of a beginner, but of a seasoned successful writer that I want to read more of immediately! His love story of Henry and Keiko in a time of war and prejudice, when Chinese and Japanese could not love, took me away to a time and place and made me want to dig through the basement of the Panama Hotel myself. I cannot say enough about this book. It has just become my favorite read of the year, hands down.
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Details
- Seller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 2467
- Title
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- Author
- Ford, Jamie
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- ISBN 10
- 0345505336
- ISBN 13
- 9780345505330
- Publisher
- Ballantine
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2009
Terms of Sale
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Woodstock, Illinois
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- Uncorrected Proof
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