Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War - (HB)
By Susan Southard

“[A] reminder of just how horrible nuclear weapons are. -The Wall Street Journal“Aand devastating read that highlights man's capacity to wreak destruction, but in which one also catches a glimpse of all that is best about people. -San Francisco Chronicle“Aand poignant and complex picture of the second atomic bomb's enduring physical and psychological tolls. Eyewitness accounts are visceral and haunting. . . . But the book's biggest achievement is its treatment of the aftershocks in the decades since 1945. and -The New YorkerThe enduring impact of a nuclear bomb, told through the stories of those who survived: necessary reading as the threat of nuclear war emerges again.and On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, a small port city on Japan's southernmost island. An estimated 74,000 people died within the first five months, and another 75,000 were injured.Nagasakiand takes readers from the morning of the bombing to the city today, telling the first-hand experiences of five survivors, all of whom were teenagers at the time of the devastation. Susanand Southard has spent years interviewingand hibakushaand (“bomb-affected people ) and researching the physical, emotional, and social challenges of post-atomic life. She weaves together dramatic eyewitness accounts with searing analysis of the policies of censorship and denial that colored much of what was reported about the bombing both in the United States and Japan.and A gripping narrative of human resilience,and Nagasakiand will help shape publicand discussion and debate over one of the most controversial wartime acts in history.WINNER of the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and the Dayton Literary Peace PrizeFINALIST for the Ridenhour Book Prizeand •and Chautauqua Prizeand •and William Saroyan International Prize for Writingand •and PEN Center USA Literary Awardand NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYThe Economist • The Washington Post •and American Library Associationand • Kirkus Reviews