Ford, Jamie.
Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet : a novel / Jamie Ford. - Ballantine trade pbk. ed. - New York : Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, 2009. - 301 p. ; 21 cm.
School Library Journal, May 2009 Library Journal, October 2008 Booklist, November 2008 Kirkus Review, October 2008 Christian Library Journal starred, October 2010 School Library Journal Library Journal Booklist
Henry Lee, a Chinese-American in Seattle, loses his wife to cancer and recalls his youth, when he and his Japanese-American friend, Keiko, spent time together during WWII--before Keiko and her family were interred at a camp--and deals with generational difficulties between himself and his father and college-age son.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult 850 Lexile
9780345505347 (pbk.) 9780329776251 (Follett bdg.) 0345505344 0329776258
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Widowers--Fiction.
Father-son relationship--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Widowers--Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.)--Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.)--Fiction.
PS3606.O737 / H68 2009
813/.6 [Fic]
Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet : a novel / Jamie Ford. - Ballantine trade pbk. ed. - New York : Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, 2009. - 301 p. ; 21 cm.
School Library Journal, May 2009 Library Journal, October 2008 Booklist, November 2008 Kirkus Review, October 2008 Christian Library Journal starred, October 2010 School Library Journal Library Journal Booklist
Henry Lee, a Chinese-American in Seattle, loses his wife to cancer and recalls his youth, when he and his Japanese-American friend, Keiko, spent time together during WWII--before Keiko and her family were interred at a camp--and deals with generational difficulties between himself and his father and college-age son.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult 850 Lexile
9780345505347 (pbk.) 9780329776251 (Follett bdg.) 0345505344 0329776258
Fathers and sons--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Widowers--Fiction.
Father-son relationship--Fiction.
Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945--Fiction.
Widowers--Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.)--Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.)--Fiction.
PS3606.O737 / H68 2009
813/.6 [Fic]