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Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Hotel on the corner of bitter and sweet : a novel / Jamie Ford.

Ford, Jamie. (Author).

Summary:

Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780345505330
  • ISBN: 0345505336
  • ISBN: 9780345505347
  • ISBN: 0345505344
  • Physical Description: 290 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, ©2009.

Content descriptions

Study Program Information Note:
UG Accelerated Reader AR 5.7 15.0 145257.
Accelerated Reader UG 5.7 15.
Awards Note:
Asian/Pacific American Literature Award Honor, 2009
Subject: Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945)
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 > Fiction.
Widowers > Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.) > Fiction.
Prejudices > Fiction.
Concentration camps > Fiction.
Grief > Fiction.
FICTION > Historical.
FICTION > Literary.
FICTION > Sagas.
Japanese Americans.
Fathers and sons.
Widowers.
Washington (State) > Seattle.
Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 > Fiction.
Widowers > Fiction.
Father-son relationship > Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.) > Fiction.
Reading list > 2017 Summer > Highland Park high School > English 1 Pre-AP.
Genre: Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library Ford 2009 289935 Fiction Available -


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