Jamie Ford, the New York Times bestselling author, will be making his only New York stop on a national tour in support of his second book, “Songs of Willow Frost” in Port Washington on Monday, Oct. 28,
Over a million readers have fallen in love with Jamie Ford’s New York Times bestselling debut novel “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” a wartime era Chinese-Japanese variation on “Romeo and Juliet,” since it was first published in hardcover in 2009.
An Indie Next pick and a Pennie’s Pick for Costco, it spent over two years on the New York Times bestseller list and won the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature. Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum now offers a “Bitter and Sweet Tour” for fans and the Book-It Theatre there even transformed the novel into a popular stage play.
Ford’s highly anticipated second novel “Songs Of Willow Frost” is a mother-son story and Indie Next pick about love, loss, hope, and the power of forgiveness that takes place in 1920s and Depression-era Seattle. It touches on the role of Washington and of Asian-Americans in the nascent American film industry.
As it opens, Chinese-American orphan William Eng visits Seattle’s Moore Theater and is spellbound by an actress who goes by the name of Willow Frost. Convinced that she is his long-lost mother Liu Song, William embarks on a journey to meet her, unraveling not only the secrets of his own past, but those of the enigmatic screen icon she has become.
Free Admission to this and all Conversations From Main Street thanks to the generous support of the Angela and Scott Jaggar Foundation. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. Landmark on Main Street is located at 232 Main St. in Port Washington.
