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Oct 16, 2009
Karla
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it was amazing
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A rich, tender, personal story so touching and full of history I should know, but didn't. Pulled at my heartstrings and made me longingly linger over and over the last few chapters.
Set durring the height of Nihonmachi district (JapanTown) area of Seattle, Washingtom. You jump from 1986 to 1942 thoughout the story. To tell the tale of Henery Lee an intelligent, brave, 12yr old Chinese American quickly growing into a man thru struggling WWII times. He has a strained relationship with his father mi ...more
Set durring the height of Nihonmachi district (JapanTown) area of Seattle, Washingtom. You jump from 1986 to 1942 thoughout the story. To tell the tale of Henery Lee an intelligent, brave, 12yr old Chinese American quickly growing into a man thru struggling WWII times. He has a strained relationship with his father mi ...more
Jamie Ford's Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is historical fiction at its finest. The format of alternating time periods of the 1940's and 1986 serves to bring this story full circle, which is indeed informatively satisfying. Ford takes on a multiplicity of subjects that stem from the setting of Seattle's area of Chinatown and Japantown in the 40's and the characters of Henry, a Chinese boy, and Keiko, a Japanese girl, and he connects them all brilliantly. Racial prejudices, Japanese int
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Loved it. A really good story. Read it in two days while on vacation!
I enjoyed this book very much. I would recommend this book to all of my friends!
This should be required reading for anyone who wants to learn about the shameful treatment of the Japanese in America during WWII.
Really sweet love story set in very difficult times,show how hopes and dreams can get us through almost any pitfalls.
It was a good read. I never read a book about the Japanese during WWII so it was very interesting.
Good story, very sweet.
Jan 26, 2010
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