The book club discusses the book: Snow Falling on Cedars is a 1994 novel by David Guterson, set on the fictional San Piedro Island in Washington, that centers on the murder trial of Japanese American fisherman Kabuo Miyamoto in 1954, exploring themes of love, prejudice, and the lingering effects of WWII Japanese American internment through flashbacks that reveal a past romance between the defendant’s wife and the white newspaper editor covering the case. The story uses the trial as a framework to delve into the community’s racial tensions and the history of land disputes between the Miyamoto and Heine families.
