Willow Frost Poem

Jamie Ford is one of the few modern yet revolutionarily ambiguous writers of our time. Ford, author of powerfully insightful books such as “House on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” which has won incredible awards and appraisals from around the globe including but not limited to: being a New York Times bestseller and winning the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, has once again written a hard-hitting work of art – the fairly new and beautifully coherent novel: “Songs of Willow Frost.” In this novel Ford makes loud connections that transcend time in the characters’ affairs with cultural beliefs, societal views, and authoritative abuse. The novel features various ground-shaking themes that create professionally welded networks
A major factor in how “Songs of Willow Frost” is so great is that it’s very relatable and that stems from the abundancy of visible truth, thus allowing an unveiling of moments that can be related to by different persons, as well as the element of two relatively different protagonists, which allows for a greater spectrum of relatability. I was originally interested in the culture and society of Seattle in the early 1900s as told from an oriental point of view rather than from an African-American, which is what dominates the history portions of novels written about or during that time, and as
I enjoyed how easily I could lose myself in the novel; after what I thought was only minutes turned out to be hours and before I knew it, it was early the next morning and all I wanted to do was keep reading. Personally, reading this novel was the exact definition of being swept away and taken into it because most times I completely left reality and if it was the middle of the day in the novel, I would truly believe it was the middle of the day in reality! I felt every moment. Except usually, when Willow felt sadness, I was angry mostly from a lack of understanding of why she continued to live through societal views and while talking to my culturally and ethnically diverse groupmates at CHS some didn’t feel angry at all, some felt satisfaction or even pride, and that just goes to show that this novel is more revolutionary than most can see. A lot of people see this as just another story, but it can unite a wide range of people and create conflict and discussion, but most of all it creates knowledge, certainly more knowledge than we can consciously verify. I would not change a single punctuation mark at this time. “Songs of Willow Frost” was, overall, just an invigorating novel that not only entertained but also taught. But this is honestly not a novel, it’s a work of art; it is exceeding well – detailed and is completely