McAPUSH: Joy Richards- Snow Falling on Cedars

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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Joy Richards- Snow Falling on Cedars

I have chosen to read Snow Falling on Cedars because of the unique plot line, and the war which it follows. This historical fiction novel narrates a story about a town that still to the decade following the war is deeply effected by what happened during World War II. This is not your typical novel told through the eyes of soldiers, as it also is told from the perspective of the Japanese citizens of America and how they were placed in interment camps right here on American soil. There is also a love triangle that is going on during this book which adds a little more flare to this interesting novel. I have always been interested in World War II, but to here the story through the Japanese Americans has given me a whole new perspective.