Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

320 pages

Chinese-American Henry Lee's wife has just died of cancer when he learns that items stored in the reopening Panama Hotel are believed to be from Japanese-American families interned during WWII. The book goes back and forth in time to the days preceeding the evacuation of his Japanese-American friend. The story is very predictable and unbelievable in the coincidences that occur. I only recommend this book for its historical accounts of how Japanese-American families' lives were upended.