Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 1742378285
- ISBN 13
- 9781742378282
- Seller
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About This Item
Allen & Unwin. Good. 19 x 13.5 centimetres (0.28 kg). Paperback. 2011. 368 pages. Cover worn<br>In 1986, Henry Lee joins a crowd outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown. It ha s been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has discover ed the belongings of Japanese families who were sent to internmen t camps during World War II. As the owner unfurls a Japanese para sol, ... .
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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- Bookseller
- bookexpress.co.nz (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2116o
- Title
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- Author
- Jamie Ford
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1742378285
- ISBN 13
- 9781742378282
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 2011
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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