Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford

Further, in that same paragraph, he tells us the main character's deceased wife is buried in the same cemetary with Bruce and Brandon Lee-and this is seven years before Brandon's death. In 1986, that sort of thing would have been highly unlikely. In one paragraph-on page four of the book, I believe-the narrator tells the readers that the main character's son is seeing a grief counselor and participating in an Internet support group. While my memory of the time is going to be different than that of a 50 year old character, I wound up being very tired of the repeated anachronisms. Ford is a decent writer, and while he did research 1942 fairly extensively, he did a crappy job portraying 1986. I have to admit that I did not like this book. Lest I forget, I have a story in Anonymous Sex, but I'm not allowed to say which story is mine. Also a tale in Stories from Suffragette City. If you’re looking for more things that have spilled out of my brain, I have steampunk storiess in The End is Nigh, The End is Now, and The End Has Come (The Apocalypse Triptych).

While we’re chatting, I should mention that my latest novel novel, The Many Daughters of Afong Moy, is now available for pre-order :) Her name is Lucy and she’s twitching right now, obviously chasing squirrels in her dreams. Not some weird aggregated bit of web-content, just little ol’ me, the author, sitting here in my favorite Batman pajamas (yes, I have several pairs) writing this note in my cozy home office, dog at my feet. Also, because Jamie feels weird writing about himself in the 3rd person, he’s going to say…

Jamie’s work has been published in 34 languages. Jamie Ford’s debut novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, spent two years on the New York Times bestseller list and went on to win the 2010 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature.

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford