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

Ford, Jamie. (Author).

Summary:

When artifacts from Japanese families sent to internment camps during World War II are uncovered in Seattle, Henry Lee embarks on a quest that leads to memories of growing up Chinese in a city rife with anti-Japanese sentiment.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780345505347
  • ISBN: 9780345505330
  • Physical Description: 301 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: 2009 Ballantine trade pbk. edition
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Includes reading group guide.
Target Audience Note:
850L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.7 15 145257.
Subject: Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 > Fiction.
Widowers > Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.) > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 89 of 99 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 4 of 5 copies available at Sandhill Regional Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 99 total copies.
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Harnett County Main Library F For (Text) 33630003907081 Adult Fiction Available -
Haywood County Main Library F Ford (Text) 33115006605569 Adult Fiction Available -
Henderson Main Branch FOR (Text) 33258006209097 Adult Fiction On holds shelf -
Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library FIC Ford (Text) 39523000319166 Adult Fiction Available -
Hudson (Fontana) F FORD (Text) 39493106796404 Adult Fiction Repair -
Jackson County Public Library F FORD (Text) 39493106528427 Adult Fiction Checked out 09/02/2025
Kenly Public Library FIC Ford (Text) 38950609827243 Adult Fiction Available -
King Public Library F FORD (Text) 40599000757164 Adult Fiction Available -
Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library FORD (Text) 39149006755128 Adult Fiction Available -
Lee County Main Library F/FORD (Text) 33262002576467 Adult Fiction Available -