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Jamie Ford - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Start: 10/07/2009 7:00 pm

In the opening pages ofJamie Ford's stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once thegateway to Seattle's Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now thenew owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanesefamilies, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps duringWorld War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol, whichHenry is sure belonged to his friend Keiko in the 1940s, during a time whenHenry's father was obsessed with the war in China and having Henry grow upAmerican. In Henry and Keiko, Jamie ford has created an unforgettable duo whosstory teaches us the power of forgiveness and the human heart.