Book 14: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Wonderful book about a very sad time in our history - an enduring love story of two youngsters set against the conflict of immigrant Chinese with immigrant Japanese communities over wars in their mother counties and the beginning of the Pacific War of WWII which led to the decision to carry out the internment of the Japanese/Japanese-Americans in a temporary camp - Camp Harmony - outside of Seattle to the relocation of the families to desolate centers in Idaho, Nevada and California. It made me cry and made me cheer. One reviewer felt it was a trite, young adult's story - not as interesting as Snow Falling on Cedar (it does have a Hallmark movie feel at the end) - but I found it touching, compelling and uplifting.