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AT EXACTLY fifteen minutes past eight in the morning, on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above Hiroshima, Miss Toshiko Sasaki, a clerk in the personnel department of the East Asia Tin Works, had just sat down at her place in the plant office and was turning her head to speak to the girl at the next desk. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read, April 20 2012

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This review is from: Hiroshima (Mass Market Paperback)

It was very interesting to hear from 6 different points of view. There were many things that I was not aware of before reading this book, and certainly gave me a good appreciation of the disaster that happened that day in Hiroshima. I totally recommend this book!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, Dec 15 2009

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This is an excellent book. It puts a face on the horrors of the atomic bomb. You can feel the revulsion of atomic warfare. It was quite unfortunate that it was dropped. If you believe it was right to drop it, this is the one book that could very well change your mind.

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4.0 out of 5 stars DRAMA AND EXCITEMENT, April 30 2004

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BOOKY BEAR (Perryville, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hiroshima (Mass Market Paperback)

A stunning and compelling (MUSTREAD) story of 6 different people (Toshinki Sasaki, Masakzu Fujii, Hatsuyo Nakamura, Wilhelm Kleinsorge, Terufumi Sasaki, and Kiyoshi Tanimoto) who's lives are heavily affected by the atomic bomb USA dropped on the city of Hiroshima on August 6 1945. World War II was a war not to be forgotten and niether will this book when you read it. A little hard to follow however, when you get it, a wonderfully written story. John Hershy gives very factual details of the war, and handles the characters point of view well. He is a genious.

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3.0 out of 5 stars The problem with this book
...is that teachers usually give it as an assigned read to their students without balancing it with other realities of WWII. Read more

Published on Jun 7 2004

2.0 out of 5 stars Value your time and sanity (don't read the book)
This book - Hiroshima - is yet another book about the disastrous events which occurred in August of 1945 in Japan when the United States' atomic bombs fell on Hiroshima and... Read more

Published on May 31 2004 by dante849