November’s book is “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” a historical novel by Jamie Ford.

The story is told in two parallel storylines, one following 12-year-old Henry Lee’s experiences during the Second World War, and the other depicting Henry 44 years later as a widower with a college-aged son. The plot centers around the forced evacuation of Japanese Americans to internment camps; the book depicts the pain and trauma of separation through the friendship of the Chinese-American Henry and his Japanese-American friend Keiko.

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