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Book Club - "Snow Falling on Cedars" by David Guterson
Stage Door Canteen

Discuss with fellow readers the story the Los Angeles Times called "Haunting...A whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence and at the same time a mystery, something altogether richer and deeper." In 1954, a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries. Above all, San Pedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched. Come prepared to ask questions and discuss the novel with participants and Museum staff. This event is free and open to the public. For more information call 504-528-1944 x 229.

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Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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