Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel

Very enjoyable book! A real love story. Not a romance; not sappy; really about love.

The exploration of WWII and the Japanese internment, father-son relationships and the triumph of love are great story lines that make this a 4-star book.

The editor that picked the title for this book did an excellent job. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet tells the heart-wrenching story of a childhood romance that is cut short by World War II and the Japanese Internment Camps in the Northwestern United States.
In addition to weaving together moments of bittern and sweet, Ford does an excellent job in weaving together the past and the present. A little more than half of the story is a flashback to the protagonist's childhood, which helps to explain why he became the man that he is in the present.
Besides being a fascinating historical read, Ford makes readers recall memories of their own childhood relationships and revisit the question, "What if things had turned out differently?"  

Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

I tend to enjoy novels that flash back and forth from past to present, and this novel was no different (though "present" is 1986). The story features Henry, a Chinese man in his fifties who lives in ... Read full review

Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

I was interested in this novel primarily because of its depiction of anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States during the 1940s. Ford does a nice job of showing some of the injustices perpetrated ... Read full review

Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

I've finally got hold of a copy of this (through a UK swap site, ReaditSwapit) and I'm really enjoying it so far. I was warned by the person who sent it to me to have a box of tissues at the ready - I ... Read full review

Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

If this isn't an eye opening book, I don't know what is. This is a story of a 1st generation Chinese American boy named Henry in 1942 Seattle. During World War II his father wants to ensure no one ... Read full review

Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, Release Date 1/27/2009, $24.00 I've just finished reading Jamie Ford's forthcoming novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, and am still ... Read full review

Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

I really wanted to rate this book a 5 and if I gave half ratings I suppose I'd give it 4.5. This book just drew me into the setting of Seattle during the 1940s and the internment of American citizens ... Read full review

Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Although this is probably one of those implausible love stories that D. Steele might have written, the story is so much bigger and deeper because the author uses a first love to describe the ... Read full review