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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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Average rating: 4.0 · 394,291 ratings · 35,100 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 313,127 ratings — published 2009 — 110 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 3.87 avg rating — 27,247 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 — 20,627 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 — 21,667 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
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The House of Gentle Men

by Kathy Hepinstall (Goodreads Author)

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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

tags: choices

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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

tags: books, candy, free, libraries, library

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Polls

January BoTM Nominations ~ Woman Protagonist ~ 1st Poll
Top 5 books move onto final poll.

The Fortunes of Jaded Women

by Carolyn Huynh

7 votes, 21.9%

The Many Daughters of Afong Moy

by Jamie Ford

7 votes, 21.9%

Stay Awake

by Megan Goldin

6 votes, 18.8%

The Good People

by Hannah Kent

5 votes, 15.6%

A Lullaby for Witches

by Hester Fox

3 votes, 9.4%

Magpie

by Elizabeth Day

1 vote, 3.1%

The Wonder

by Emma Donoghue

1 vote, 3.1%

The Only Woman in the Room

by Marie Benedict

1 vote, 3.1%

Shadow and Bone

by Leigh Bardugo

1 vote, 3.1%

Always the First to Die

by R.J. Jacobs

0 votes, 0.0%

32 total votes

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Jamie’s Quotes

“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

tags: cheese, dip, dunce, food, history, writing

546 likes

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

tags: cutting-for-stone-my-abyssinia

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“Only the Dead stay seventeen forever.”
― Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

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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

tags: choices

382 likes