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It is the winter of 1954, about ten years after World War II. On San Piedro Island, a fictional island set in Puget Sound in Washington, a Japanese-American born in the United States is facing the charge of first-degree murder. Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for the death of Carl Heine, a fellow fisherman and his old childhood friend. The narrative begins with the trial, as the prosecution sets forth its case. As the trial progresses, the history of the island community and the individual characters are revealed as a tightly knit web of relations.

Carl Heine's boat was spotted floating on its side, and when the sheriff and his deputy investigated the boat, they found Carl Heine drowned and tangled in his fish net. An odd wound on the left side…

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Posted By mary e f #203999 at Oct 04, 2011 6:43 PM

On the last page of the novel a reference is made to a new arrest. Our book discussion has no idea what this means. Who arrested and why?

This is after the trial is over and the accused set free.

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Posted By andrea b #207851 at Oct 21, 2011 8:43 PM

What is the attitude of Ishmael about the tourists? What is the general attitude about outsiders on the island?

What are the major themes about outsiders of the island?

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Posted By amanda j #181353 at Apr 24, 2011 9:38 PM

how might carl heines experience during the sinking of the canton and survival at okinawa influence san piedros residents with regard to the arrest of kabuo miyamoto?

the answer to this question is in chapter 5 of snow fallling on cedars, and its apparently on page 41, but i cant seem to find it

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