
This past year, NYT bestselling author Jamie Ford (Songs of Willow Frost) took a break from a literary celebrity’s touring lifestyle to take a different sort of trip.

This past year, NYT bestselling author Jamie Ford (Songs of Willow Frost) took a break from a literary celebrity’s touring lifestyle to take a different sort of trip.

Jamie Ford’s much-anticipated second novel, Songs of Willow Frost, was released this month to advance praise. Set against the backdrop of Depression-era Seattle, this historical novel is a powerful tale of a Chinese-American boy with dreams for his future, and a young woman trying to escape her haunted past and the cultural confines of her race. With many “teachable moments” embedded throughout this story of hope, forgiveness, and reaching for your dreams, Songs of Willow Frost is a wonderful book for students, and will appeal to a wide community audience.

Great news for all you fans of Jamie Ford and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet! The release date for Jamie Ford’s next novel, Songs of Willow Frost, has been moved up to September 10, 2013.
Last November, the Garfield High School hosted author Jamie Ford for a One Book, One School program. Jamie Ford’s first novel, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, is set in the same city (Seattle) as the high school. Students took part in a walking tour of Seattle’s International District, discussed the book, and were […]