The Book Show #1331 - Jamie Ford

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue

Published January 21, 2014 at 3:06 PM EST

Jamie Ford's first novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, was a surprise New York Times bestseller. His second book, Songs of Willow Frost is the story of a Chinese-American orphan in Seattle during The Great Depression.

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