Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

In 1942 Seattle, Henry Lee, a Chinese American boy, falls in love with Keiko Okabe, a Japanese American girl, just as her family is forced into an internment camp. Decades later, Henry revisits the Panama Hotel, a former center of Japantown, where the discovery of belongings from interned families stirs memories of his first love and the painful choices of his past. This story explores the enduring impact of war and prejudice on individual lives and relationships.