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Book Review of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
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Henry Lee, a Chinese man in his fifties goes searching for the whereabouts of his Japanese friend Keiko Okabe. Henry and Keiko became friends in 1942 when they were twelve years old at a Seattle elementary school, and shared a love of Seattles growing jazz music. Then Keiko and her family are moved for their protection to an internment camp. They write to each other for a while, but then Keiko disappears from Henrys life, until in 1986 a historic hotel in Seattle is being renovated, and a bunch of belongings of Japanese families are found in the basement. Henry finds some of the Okabes belongings and decided to find out what happened to Keiko. Such a great story.