Jamie Ford

The New York Times bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns with a powerful exploration of the love that binds a family across the generations....

For Ernest Young, the chance to go to the World's Fair feels like a gift. But once he's there, the half-Chinese orphan is astounded to learn he will be raffled off "to a good home"....

Henry comes upon a crowd gathered outside the Panama Hotel, once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown. Boarded up for decades, now the new owner has made a discovery....

Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, Songs of Willow Frost is a powerful tale of two souls—a boy with dreams for his future and a woman escaping her haunted past—both seeking love, hope, and forgiveness....