One book down
It was a good one, too. Set in Seattle, during the Second World War when Japanese residents were interned, the story was such a satisfying read and fitted the bill perfectly. My only small niggle was that the very short chapters led to a stop-start telling of the tale rather than a longer swoop of fiction. But it’s a small niggle indeed and The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet was another of Jane’s recommendations which has hit the spot!