Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet: A Novel by Jamie Ford. “This book is a bit of a sleeper -- it takes a while to grab ahold of your imagination and draw you in, but then it does and the characters become very vivid and well-known. It's a WWII story set in contemporary Seattle that bounces back in time to when Japanese were interned in camps during the war. It's a love story, at its base, but also one of family bonds, expectations and how humans relate to each other. It's compelling.”
