Masako's Story: Surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

by Kikuko Otake

On August 6, 1945, when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the Furuta family was living about one mile away from the hypocenter. Five-year-old Kikuko, her mother, Masako, and her two brothers barely escaped with their lives. However, their soldier father was not so fortunate. Masako never talked about her family's experiences on that day and the days following the bombing. Then on day, Masako started to talk about what happened -- breaking a silence of nearly fifty years.

92 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2007