{"product_id":"hiroshima-in-the-morning-9781558616677","title":"Hiroshima in the Morning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2010 FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe award–winning author of \u003cem\u003eShadow Child\u003c\/em\u003e embarks on a simple journey to record history that changes her life as a wife and mother.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn June 2001, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto went to Hiroshima, Japan, in search of a deeper understanding of her war-torn heritage. She planned to spend six months there, interviewing the few remaining survivors of the atomic bomb. A mother of two young boys, she was encouraged to go by her husband, who quickly became disenchanted by her absence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is her first solo life adventure, immediately exhilarating for her, but her research starts off badly. Interviews with the hibakusha feel rehearsed, and the survivors reveal little beyond published accounts. Then the attacks on September 11 change everything. The survivors' carefully constructed memories are shattered, causing them to relive their agonizing experiences and to open up to Rizzuto in astonishing ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeparated from family and country while the world seems to fall apart, Rizzuto's marriage begins to crumble as she wrestles with her ambivalence about being a wife and mother. Woven into the story of her own awakening are the stories of Hiroshima in the survivors' own words. The parallel narratives explore the role of memory in our lives and show how memory is not history but a story we tell ourselves to explain who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rahna Reiko Rizzuto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43356550201462,"sku":"9781558616677","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_35bb03f7-66a5-4418-ba8b-7f4040edf221.jpg?v=1777486822","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/hiroshima-in-the-morning-9781558616677","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}