| Authors: |
Ford, Jamie
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Seattle (Wash.) -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Fiction.
Widowers -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Ballantine Books, 2009. |
| Description: |
301 p. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780345505347 (pbk.) 0345505344 (pbk.) |
| Notes: |
Includes reader's guide. |
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| Tags |
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| Rating: |
5 out of 5: They loved it |
| Community reviews |
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Headline: “New Hotel Owner Finds Belongings of 36 Japanese Families in the Basement.” by LibrarySquare |
| This sensitive, romantic historical novel finds elderly widower Henry Lee in a crowd outside the old Seattle Panama Hotel, as personal Japanese belongings are dragged outside. He ponders about his life in World War II, when he attended an elite, private school, and fell in love with Keiko, a Japanese girl. As this sensitive tragedy unfolds, Henry begins recalling to his son of how Keiko’s family was rounded up, marched off to a camp. This touching narrative is told in the past and present to his son, revealing the injustices of the 1940s, jazz scene, curfews, and the fear in Asians. He wonders what has become of Keiko and their favorite jazz record.
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| Summary: |
Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, this debut novel tells the heartwarming story of widower Henry Lee, his father, and his first love Keiko Okabe. |