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DESCRIPTION:In the opening pages of Jamie Ford&rsquo\;s stunning debut nove
 l\,&nbsp\;<em>Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet</em>\, Henry Lee com
 es upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel\, once the gateway to Se
 attle&rsquo\;s Japantown. It has been boarded up for decades\, but now the
  new owner has made an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese fa
 milies\, left when they were rounded up and sent to concentration camps du
 ring World War II. As Henry looks on\, the owner opens a Japanese parasol.
 &nbsp\;\n\nThis simple act takes old Henry Lee back to the 1940s\, at the 
 height of the war\, when young Henry&rsquo\;s world is a jumble of confusi
 on and excitement\, and to his father\, who is obsessed with the war in Ch
 ina and having Henry grow up American. While &ldquo\;scholarshipping&rdquo
 \; at the exclusive Rainier Elementary\, where the white kids ignore him\,
  Henry meets Keiko Okabe\, a young Japanese American student. Amid the cha
 os of blackouts\, curfews\, and FBI raids\, Henry and Keiko forge a bond o
 f friendship&ndash\;and innocent love&ndash\;that transcends the long-stan
 ding prejudices of their Old World ancestors. And after Keiko and her fami
 ly are swept up in the evacuations to the concentration camps\, she and He
 nry are left only with the hope that the war will end\, and that their pro
 mise to each other will be kept.&nbsp\;\n\nForty years later\, Henry Lee i
 s certain that the parasol belonged to Keiko. In the hotel&rsquo\;s dark d
 usty basement he begins looking for signs of the Okabe family&rsquo\;s bel
 ongings and for a long-lost object whose value he cannot begin to measure.
  Now a widower\, Henry is still trying to find his voice&ndash\;words that
  might explain the actions of his nationalistic father\; words that might 
 bridge the gap between him and his modern\, Chinese American son\; words t
 hat might help him confront the choices he made many years ago.&nbsp\;\n\n
 Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American histo
 ry\,&nbsp\;<em>Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet</em>&nbsp\;is an ex
 traordinary story of commitment and enduring hope. In Henry and Keiko\, Ja
 mie Ford has created an unforgettable duo whose story teaches us of the po
 wer of forgiveness and the human heart.\n\nCome join us as the author disc
 usses and reads from his stunning and moving novel.\n\nProgram is free&nbs
 p\;with&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.janm.org/visit/">admission</a>.&nbsp\;Re
 servations recommended to&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:rsvp@janm.org">rsvp@janm.o
 rg</a>&nbsp\;or 213.625.0414 at least 48 hours prior to the event.&nbsp\;I
 nclude the name\, date\, and time of the program\, as well as your name an
 d the total in your party.&nbsp\;\n\n<a href="http://www.janm.org/">www.ja
 nm.org</a>
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SUMMARY:Books & Conversations: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by J
 amie Ford
URL:/en/events/2011/01/29/books-conversations-hotel-on-the-corner-of-bitt/
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