Hotel On The Corner Of Bitter And Sweet Summary

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet a book written by Jamie Ford, is taking place during the 1940s it is about a young Chinese- American boy named Henry Lee, who is sent to an all white school. He does not like it here but his father and mother are so proud because their son got into an all white school. In this book he meets a Japanese girl and starts to fall in love with her. She then gets taken away and set to a immigration camp and he can not find her.

“He and Marty had not talked much since the funeral. Marty stayed busy as a chemistry major at Seattle University, which was good, it seemed to keep him out of trouble. But college also seemed to keep him out of Henry’s life, which had been acceptable while Ethel was alive, but now it made the hole in Henry’s life that much larger. ( chapter 2 Paragraph 4). Marty and his father do not talk very much the only time that they talked was when Ethel made them
Boarded up in the basement of a condemned hotel. Lost , but never forgotten. ( chapter 1 paragraph 18). Henry is not looking for something random but a connection to Keiko, a girl who he fell in love with when he was a young kid. Keiko was taken away to a immigration camp during world war II. Henry was very lonely and was trying to go find her.
“ It just came out. I saved up to buy it. For you” “ For us,” Henry corrected. “ Besides, I can’t even play it, we don’t even have a record player.” “ Then come to my house. My parents want to meet you anyway.” ( chapter 24 paragraph 27-29). This shows that Keiko really loves Henry. She saved up enough money to buy him the Oscar Holden record. Then he tells her to keep it at her house so they can listen to it together because he does not have a record player at his house. He can then also meet her parents