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Jamie Ford

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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. Jamie’s work has been published in 34 languages. Also, because Jamie feels weird writing about himself in the 3rd person, he’s going to say…

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Not a publicist. 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. Her name is Lucy and she’s twitching right now, obviously chasing squirrels in her dreams.

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Average rating: 4.0 · 397,152 ratings · 35,338 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 315,264 ratings — published 2009 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Many Daughters of Afong Moy 3.86 avg rating — 27,624 ratings — published 2022 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love and Other Consolation Prizes 3.94 avg rating — 20,797 ratings — published 2017 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Songs of Willow Frost 3.68 avg rating — 21,755 ratings — published 2013 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Middle, Lost, and Found 3.48 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sulla via dell'incenso 3.30 avg rating — 27 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wish You Were Here at the Bottom of a Well 3.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il gusto proibito dello zenzero by Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author), Edoardo Lomazzi (Narrator) 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	IL GUSTO PROIBITO DELLO ZENZER by Jamie Ford (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

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The House of Gentle Men

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Flunk. Start.: Reclaiming My Decade Lost in Scientology

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“The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right and what's best.”
― Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

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“I had my chance.' He said it, retiring from a lifetime of wanting. 'I had my chance, and sometimes in life, there are no second chances. You look at what you have, not what you miss, and you move forward.”
― Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

tags: chances, missing, past, present, wanting

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“The library is like a candy store where everything is free.”
― Jamie Ford, Songs of Willow Frost

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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

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“I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.”
― John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces

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“Wasn't that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

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“Only the Dead stay seventeen forever.”
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“The hardest choices in life aren't between what's right and what's wrong but between what's right and what's best.”
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message 10: by Jamie

08 déc. 2017 03:17

Donna wrote: "Hi Jamie. Thank you for friending me on Goodreads. It's so nice to meet you."

Thanks Donna, nice to meet you too :)

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message 9: by Donna

07 déc. 2017 04:05

Hi Jamie. Thank you for friending me on Goodreads. It's so nice to meet you.

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message 8: by Amathonthe

09 oct. 2012 07:10

Hi, Jamie. I just finished reading your book in Indonesian translate. And I love it. It's so sweet yet sad.

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message 7: by Jamie

16 mai 2012 23:55

Melanie wrote: "Hi Jamie...I just finished reading Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and I loved it!"

Thanks Melanie!

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message 6: by Melanie

16 mai 2012 21:39

Hi Jamie...I just finished reading Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet and I loved it!

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message 5: by Moni

01 oct. 2011 17:52

Thanks for the add, Jamie. I feel all warm and fuzzy now :).

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message 4: by Lisette

16 déc. 2010 22:07

Thanks for the add, Jamie. I look forward to reading your book in 2011. All best wishes, Lisette

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message 3: by Bradley

05 déc. 2009 21:14

I hope you are having a good day! =)

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Dreamsbane of Tamalor

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message 2: by Rebecca

15 oct. 2009 18:33

Just got my paperback of Hotel On the Corner . . Yay.

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message 1: by Rebecca

07 avr. 2009 19:21

Wow! You have that many people where you live? We have about 200 people here, if that. If the rabbits joined together and raised a small army they could easily take over the village.

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