The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

I've only read a couple of the pages in this book, but it's really good so far. Usually at the beginning of books, it takes a while to get into the real story and sometimes it can be really boring. But The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet was different. Right from the beginning it got to the point of the story. A chinese man has a kid and a wife. However, his wife was diagnosed with cancer and passed away. He's dealing with the passing of his wife, but he says it was actually a relief because while she was alive, she was miserable, it hurt everyone to see her suffering, and she couldn't do anything on her own. Now, the man is at the Panama Hotel around a crowd with a bunch of people and news reporters. They found a whole bunch of Japanese items that were covered in dust in the basement of the hotel. The hotel owner explained that she found the "belongings of 37 Japanese families who she presumed had been persecuted and taken away. Their belongings had been hidden and never recovered - a time capsule from the war years." Having that little "dilemma" at the beginning of the book made me want to keep reading it and find out more especially because of my background with living in Japan. I think this book is going to be very interesting.