a courtroom drama, , in flashbacks a mystery, a love story, and, a social history freighted with the angry residue of World War II and the exclusion of Japanese Americans

Set in 1954 in a Puget Sound community divided among fishermen and farmers, whites and Japanese, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS is at once a courtroom drama, a mystery, a love story, and, in flashbacks, a social history freighted with the angry residue of World War II and the exclusion of Japanese Americans.

a courtroom drama, a mystery, a love story, and,

Set in 1954 in a Puget Sound community divided among fishermen and farmers, whites and Japanese, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS is at once a courtroom drama, a mystery, a love story, and, in flashbacks, a social history freighted with the angry residue of World War II and the exclusion of Japanese Americans.

a masterpiece of suspense– one that leaves us shaken and changed

Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric, Snow Falling on Cedars is a masterpiece of suspense– one that leaves us shaken and changed.

an emotional story in which we see the life of a man who could not move on and a woman that did

Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, is an emotional story in which we see the life of a man who could not move on and a woman that did.

a courtroom drama, a mystery, a love story and, in flashbacks, a social history freighted with the angry residue of World War II and the exclusion of Japanese Americans

Set in 1954 in a Puget Sound community divided among fishermen and farmers, whites and Japanese, “Snow Falling on Cedars” is at once a courtroom drama, a mystery, a love story and, in flashbacks, a social history freighted with the angry residue of World War II and the exclusion of Japanese Americans.

an emotional story about the life of a man and a woman who could not move on who could

Snow Falling on Cedars, by David Guterson, is an emotional story about the life of a man who could not move on and a woman who could.

historical fiction

Snow Falling on Cedars is part historical fiction, part murder mystery, and part love story.

in a Puget Sound community divided among fishermen and ,

Set in 1954 in a Puget Sound community divided among fishermen and farmers, whites and Japanese, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS is at once a courtroom drama, a mystery, a love story, and, in flashbacks, a social history freighted with the angry residue of World War II and the exclusion of Japanese Americans.

part-murder mystery, part-courtoom drama set on fictional San Piedro Island in the Puget Sound area of Washington

One of the most famous books that takes place in the Pacific Northwest, Snow Falling on Cedars is part-murder mystery, part-courtoom drama set on fictional San Piedro Island in the Puget Sound area of Washington.

farmers whites and Japanese

Set in 1954 in a Puget Sound community divided among fishermen and farmers, whites and Japanese, SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS is at once a courtroom drama, a mystery, a love story, and, in flashbacks, a social history freighted with the angry residue of World War II and the exclusion of Japanese Americans.

a crime fiction novel which reveals a story about an investigation and trial into the death of a local islander on San Piedro

The novel, Snow Falling on Cedars is a crime fiction novel which reveals a story about an investigation and trial into the death of a local islander on San Piedro.

a detective story that features the case of a fisherman possibly murdered by David Guterson's colleague and former friend amidst the storm

Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson is primarily a detective story that features the case of a fisherman possibly murdered by David Guterson's colleague and former friend amidst the storm.

a story about a Japanese-American fisherman named Kabuo Miyamoto who is accused of murdering a well-known local fisherman, Carl Heine, David Guterson

The book Snow Falling on Cedars is a story about a Japanese-American fisherman named Kabuo Miyamoto who is accused of murdering a well-known local fisherman, Carl Heine, David Guterson is outcast because David Guterson is Japanese and the trial takes place right before the anniversary of the Japanese bombings in Hawaii. ...

in the Winter section

Music about Snow is included in the Winter section.

both a tragic love story between two of the main characters, and, on the other hand, the everyday life on a small, secluded island

The novel Snow Falling on Cedars by author David Guterson reveals both a tragic love story between two of the main characters, and, on the other hand, the everyday life on a small, secluded island.