First of all, I love this novel because it is set in the San Juan Islands, one of my favorite places. I also love it because a large portion is set during World War II. David Guterson has written a beautiful story about a white teenage boy and Japanese teenage girl who fall in love despite the fact that it is completely socially unacceptable. Soon after high school their small community is thrust headlong into the realities of the war and they are pulled apart. In the years after the war they have both moved back to their home island and are brought together again by a murder mystery. I highly recommend this book..and I liked the movie :) Who can resist Ethan Hawke when he isn't trying to be a petulant twentysomething?
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