Looking for a Summer Read?

Each summer, incoming Gustavus students are asked to read a “Reading in Common” book that will be discussed during New Student Orientation and, for some students, during their First Term Seminar course. The Reading in Common selection for 2010 is Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford. This novel explores the age-old conflicts between father and son, the beauty and sadness of what happened to Japanese Americans in the Seattle area during World War II, and the depths and longing of deep-heart love.  More information about the book and its author is available at Reading in Common.  Ford, a first time novelist, will be visiting Gustavus in September or October.