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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.

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Main Author: Ford, Jamie
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
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Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 > Fiction.
Widowers > Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.) > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Washington (State)
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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.
Physical Description:290 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780345505330
0345505336
Author Notes:Jamie Ford graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle in 1988 and worked as an art director and as a creative director in advertising. He is also an alumnus of the Squaw Valley Community of Writers and the Orson Scott Card's Literary Boot Camp. His books include Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and Songs of Willow Frost.

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