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In the opening pages of Jamie Ford's stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the...

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Main Author: Ford, Jamie
Other Authors: Chin, Feodor
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language:English
Published: [New York] : Books on Tape, 2009.
Subjects:
Fathers and sons > Fiction.
Japanese Americans > Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 > Fiction.
Widowers > Fiction.
Seattle (Wash.) > Fiction.
Downloadable audio books.
Historical fiction
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Summary:In the opening pages of Jamie Ford's stunning debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Henry Lee comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades, but now the new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As Henry looks on, the owner opens a Japanese parasol ...
Item Description:Downloadable audio file.
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Unabridged.
Duration: 10:52:18.
Playing Time:10:52:18
Format:Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 156270 KB; MP3 file size: 306297 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781415962107
1415962103
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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