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Posted by Jean Fletcher on 11/05/09

Just finished Hotel at the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. It is a marvelous book, and I learned so much while being entertained by an excellently written book. Thank you, Mr. Ford!

Posted by Anne O'Brien Carelli on 11/03/09

Just finished Hotel. Loved it. Loved it loved it. The descriptions, language, writing, story, history -- just wonderful. I'm recommending it to everyone.

Posted by Margaret Bols on 10/28/09

Thank you for an enjoyable ride to work. I listen to your book for a half hour everyday on Public Radio from the University of Michigan, narrator, Dick Estelle. A lovely book about a shameful event in our past for very innocent people. The story itself is lovely and I look forward to the segment every ... (continued)

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Posted by Jim Mott on 10/27/09

I listened to Hotel this week and loved it! I'm sorry it had to end. Thanks for a great story, Jamie.

Posted by James Owen on 10/25/09

I was at the St. Pete Times Festival of Reading yesterday (Saturday) and was unaware you would be there till you were nearly finished. I am half-way through the book and have had laughs and tears as I have been reading it. There is one question I would like to submit, has the American government ever ... (continued)

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Posted by Helen Churchill on 10/24/09

Having been a teenager during that era of your book I was moved by how human you made it all. I clearly remember V-J Day and the bells and people in the streets!!