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Gianluca De gianlucade1140 — Wow! What a fantastic debut by Jamie Ford. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is a fantastically moving story, at times both bitter and sweet. Henry, a Chinese American newly widowed, still lives where he grew up near what used to be Seattle's Japantown. One day, he hears about a discovery at the Panama Hotel, what used to be the gateway to Japantown back when Henry was growing up: the belongings of several Japanese families have been hidden away in the basement of the hotel for nearly 40 years. Henry has steadfastly avoided walking past the Panama Hotel for so many years because of the memories he knew would overtake him; and now, with the passing of his wife and the discovery of these belongings, he allows those memories to flood through him. Back during the war, World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were treated as traitors. They were evacuated and sent to internment camps, and Henry lived it all. He tells his childhood story, of growing up Chinese American, of befriending Keiko, a Japanese American, and of watching America turn her back on some of her citizens because of the actions of others. Ford weaves this story deftly between 1986 and 1942. Henry and Keiko's story is both heartbreaking and uplifting, both bitter and sweet, and wholeheartedly recommended reading. P.S. I received an advance reader's copy of this book through a Goodreads First Reads book giveaway.

Carlos Lovera cloverac8be — I read this knowing that it was fiction, but found the protagonist's struggle touching and shocking, nonetheless.