Jamie Ford writes historical fiction about Chinese American families, memory and the way private relationships are shaped by exclusion, war and migration. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet follows Chinese American Henry Lee in Seattle as an old hotel connected to Japanese American wartime internment brings back memories of his childhood friendship with Keiko Okabe. Songs of Willow Frost centres on a Chinese American boy in a 1930s orphanage who becomes convinced that a film actress may be his mother. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy moves across generations and introduces speculative elements to a family history shaped by inherited trauma. Ford's novels are accessible and character-led, fitting Asian American historical fiction, family saga and immigration-focused literary fiction. Read more Less
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