tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post7243634881773239438..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: WW2 Books: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-28023074033611415612015-06-04T20:24:22.158+01:002015-06-04T20:24:22.158+01:00It is a really interesting topic, and I hope I was...It is a really interesting topic, and I hope I wasn't too hard on the author. I would like to read more about the subject...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-24143022480008034312015-06-04T18:20:09.066+01:002015-06-04T18:20:09.066+01:00I love the title and the topic sounds good. If I s...I love the title and the topic sounds good. If I see it somewhere I may read it, not sure if I would notice the things you had problems with. Some day I have to remember to read Snow Falling on Cedars. I agree, a non-fiction book on this topic would be good.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-70177166288828228232015-05-26T09:50:27.272+01:002015-05-26T09:50:27.272+01:00It was good, wasn't it? I think I would like t...It was good, wasn't it? I think I would like to read a non-fiction book on this issue at some point....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-64687569121951229502015-05-26T05:26:29.944+01:002015-05-26T05:26:29.944+01:00Great images, but I'll pass on the book. Spook...Great images, but I'll pass on the book. Spooky timing you mentioning the Guterson book - that one I did like.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-46793211469808459912015-05-25T22:11:25.821+01:002015-05-25T22:11:25.821+01:00I suppose anything that adds to our knowledge of h...I suppose anything that adds to our knowledge of history has something going for it, and I was glad to learn more....Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-88870547372094162672015-05-25T22:11:00.544+01:002015-05-25T22:11:00.544+01:00That must be an interesting book to read - he alwa...That must be an interesting book to read - he always sounds like an interesting and nice person anyway. Yes, a sad story indeed. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-35670020463397182032015-05-25T14:51:10.890+01:002015-05-25T14:51:10.890+01:00Oh, sorry to hear that this one didn't do just...Oh, sorry to hear that this one didn't do justice to the topic, Moira. The setting is of course fantastic, and the theme too. But I think I'd really, really mind those anachronisms and other jarring bits, too. Hmmm....maybe I'll give this one a miss...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-39031663088900407422015-05-25T12:21:20.422+01:002015-05-25T12:21:20.422+01:00Well, what a topic. This book looks too complicat...Well, what a topic. This book looks too complicated and disorganized for me.<br />But I concur with Snow Falling on Cedars, a wonderful, though heartbreaking book.<br /><br />Also, George Takei of Star Trek fame and of late, a prominent gay activist, has been speaking out about his family's internment in Arkansas and elsewhere during WWII. It's a very sad story. His family lost everything and after the war, his father could only get a job washing dishes in a Chinese restaurant. He said that only Asians would hire the Japanese.<br /><br />However, he wrote an autobiography called "To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei," and in it he talks about his family's experiences interned. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-68046072054695077322015-05-25T11:17:23.779+01:002015-05-25T11:17:23.779+01:00Yes it's a sad and interesting story, a sideli...Yes it's a sad and interesting story, a sideline to the war and the relations between Japan and China...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-24045277964044913412015-05-25T10:41:26.859+01:002015-05-25T10:41:26.859+01:00Moira, I love the title of this book and appreciat...Moira, I love the title of this book and appreciate the images you have chosen to accompany your review. I see the irony (or hope) in this story of friendship between a Chinese and a Japanese considering that mistrust between the two countries persists till today.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.com