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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Jamie Ford's Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
Playing Favorites. Ford has a soft spot for Sheldon Thomas and Mrs. Beatty. “I love them so much that I’ve written short stories starring each of them,” he says. “I just wasn’t ready to say goodbye, I guess.”
Origin Story. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet began as an assignment Ford received from fantasy writer Orson Scott Card, when Ford attended a literary bootcamp Card was running. Card challenged Ford to write “a noble romantic tragedy.” The short story Ford came up with ultimately became the chapter in the novel entitled “I Am Chinese.”