I don't remember which of my blog friends recommended this book, but I'm glad they did. I just finished it this week, and as I turned the last page, I wanted more.
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Set in Seattle, in what we now refer to as the International District, it alternates between the period of 1942-45 and 1986. In 1986 an old hotel, the Panama, which was once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown, is being renovated after being sealed up since 1942. In the basement are found the belongings of about 40 Japanese families who were rounded up and sent to internment camps.
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This is the story of Henry Lee, a Chinese American boy, and his relationship with Keiko, a Japanese American girl. For Henry, son of an old world father, it was a forbidden friendship. For both it is a struggle against cruelty and injustice. For the reader it is important historical fiction.
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And it is a love story, one that takes the characters from Seattle to Puyallup to Minidoka in Idaho, and finally to New York.
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I just wish there had been one more chapter. I guess we all get to write our own.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Book Recommendation
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
by Jamie Ford
I don't remember which of my blog friends recommended this book, but I'm glad they did. I just finished it this week, and as I turned the last page, I wanted more.
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Set in Seattle, in what we now refer to as the International District, it alternates between the period of 1942-45 and 1986. In 1986 an old hotel, the Panama, which was once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown, is being renovated after being sealed up since 1942. In the basement are found the belongings of about 40 Japanese families who were rounded up and sent to internment camps.
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This is the story of Henry Lee, a Chinese American boy, and his relationship with Keiko, a Japanese American girl. For Henry, son of an old world father, it was a forbidden friendship. For both it is a struggle against cruelty and injustice. For the reader it is important historical fiction.
-
And it is a love story, one that takes the characters from Seattle to Puyallup to Minidoka in Idaho, and finally to New York.
-
I just wish there had been one more chapter. I guess we all get to write our own.
I don't remember which of my blog friends recommended this book, but I'm glad they did. I just finished it this week, and as I turned the last page, I wanted more.
-
Set in Seattle, in what we now refer to as the International District, it alternates between the period of 1942-45 and 1986. In 1986 an old hotel, the Panama, which was once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown, is being renovated after being sealed up since 1942. In the basement are found the belongings of about 40 Japanese families who were rounded up and sent to internment camps.
-
This is the story of Henry Lee, a Chinese American boy, and his relationship with Keiko, a Japanese American girl. For Henry, son of an old world father, it was a forbidden friendship. For both it is a struggle against cruelty and injustice. For the reader it is important historical fiction.
-
And it is a love story, one that takes the characters from Seattle to Puyallup to Minidoka in Idaho, and finally to New York.
-
I just wish there had been one more chapter. I guess we all get to write our own.
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I just put the book on my list of books to buy at the local bookstore, once I get there next. It sounds perfect!
ReplyDeleteOh, Linda, thanks for the recommendation! I am off to the library tomorrow, as a matter of fact. I'm always looking for something good to read. ~karen
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recommendation, Linda. I saw the book at Costco the last time we were there, and almost bought it then. I will for sure next time I am there. Always looking for good books as I read about two every week.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for this recommendation, Linda. I've added it to my book list. This sounds like a very good read!
ReplyDeleteyeah, I'll see how much it costs on Kindle and might buy it. I am still trying to read the 1st book I bought on Kindle. The Hangman's Daughter is so violent, I am not sure I'll ever finish it. Maybe, I will skim through it instead.
ReplyDeletesounds like a book i would enjoy reading. thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeleteThis has made my list of books to read. I am a confirmed user of the library so I will also recommend this to our librarian, as she is always looking for just such input.
ReplyDeleteI read this wonderful book last fall. I hated to put it down. I highly recommend this book, my mom just finished it and she loved it as well.
ReplyDeleteHah, don't you just love and despise books like that? I hope one day I can write one of my own. I think 'wanting more' is the ultimate compliment to an author!
ReplyDeleteNow I'll have to add it to my reading list!
thanks Linda...
I read this about a year ago. I also recommend it.
ReplyDeleteI just added it to the wishlist!
ReplyDeleteOK, I paid for it and the book is now on my Kindle. Looks like a very interesting story!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the mention--so glad you enjoyed the book. :)
Wishing you the very best,
Jamie
So glad you recommended this novel. My niece mentioned it a few months ago, but then it slipped my mind.
ReplyDeleteI read this last year and also hightly recommend it. Question: has there ever been a time or place where people were not prejudiced against some other group of people. I would venture the answer is no. So sad.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading this now!! Am enjoying it very much.
ReplyDeleteI can always use a good book suggestion....
ReplyDeleteI finally read this book and will do a recommendation also later. I was surprised at the part about Keiko's American name. :-)
ReplyDeleteI was told about the Internment camps, of course. Art's aunt even had a book published about the people who were imprisoned from Hawaii. My grandfather was on the Internment list also because he was a priest, therefore considered influential. Although he left Hawaii before it all happened, many of his colleagues were sent to those camps.
Thanks for the recommendation. Art says he'll read it next.