Good Books Good People December Meetup

Thanks to everyone for a fun and great first meetup!! It was fabulous! Can't wait to see all of you (and new faces) next time! Our next book is "Snow falling on Cedars" by David Guterson. About the Book: "Japanese American Kabuo Miyomoto is arrested in 1954 for the murder of a fellow fisherman, Carl Heine. Miyomoto's trial, which provides a focal point to the novel, stirs memories of past relationships and events in the minds and hearts of the San Piedro Islanders. Through these memories, Guterson illuminates the grief of loss, the sting of prejudice triggered by World War II, and the imperatives of conscience. With mesmerizing clarity he conveys the voices of Kabuo's wife, Hatsue, and Ishmael Chambers, Hatsue's first love who, having suffered the loss of her love and the ravages of war, ages into a cynical journalist now covering Kabuo's trial. The novel poetically evokes the beauty of the land while revealing the harshness of war, the nuances of our legal system, and the injustice done to those interned in U.S. relocation camps."- Library Journal Reviews: "Compelling . . . heart-stopping. Finely wrought, flawlessly written."-the New York Times Book Review "Luminous . . . a beautifully assured and full-bodied novel becomes a tender examination of fairness and forgiveness . . . Guterson has fashioned something haunting and true."-Time "Haunting . . . A whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence and at the same time a mystery, something altogether richer and deeper."-Los Angeles Times