BOOK REVIEW--HOTEL ON THE CORNER OF BITTER AND SWEET by Jamie Ford

"Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford is one beautiful novel, a first-time effort by this author. It was published in 2009 and has been on The New York Times Bestseller Lists ever since. ... growing up during World War II in Seattle, his relationships with his father and mother, a Japanese-American girlfriend, an Afro-American jazz player and best friend, his Chinese-American wife, and in his middle age, his son and daughter-in-law to be. ...