Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel

Touching story. Definitely worth a read. Glad I was able to share this one with so many people thanks to #worldbooknight

This story of a Chinese American youth in Seattle during WWII brings an interesting perspective to the idea of the other. Henry is reviled by Chinese children and 'white' children alike. His witness of the events following Pearl Harbor are poignant. And I enjoyed 'Snow falling on Cedars' more

I love a story told from a surprising point of view. This one deals with Japanese families who were "evacuated" after in 1942 from the West Coast. Except the story is told by 12-year-old Henry, the son of Chinese immigrants. An American himself, Henry's father is an ardent Chinese nationalist who hates the Japanese not for the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but for their invasion of mainland China. Even a whiff of anything Japanese is forbidden in the ...read more

Good book, learned a bit about the internment of the Japanese during WW2. We saw Jamie Ford in person, if you ever get a chance to see him, do do. Highly entertaining.