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This going to be a difficult read. So far, I have read the epilogue and chapter 1 and 2 of Part 1. We have accounts of two mothers who lost their children in the disaster. Whether I am able to finish this book, I don’t know.
It’s written incredibly well though. The author was in Japan at the time and interviews the families. The accounts are simply harrowing.
— Nov 23, 2025 05:33PM
It’s written incredibly well though. The author was in Japan at the time and interviews the families. The accounts are simply harrowing.
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'Every day, I think about my children and how each of them would be, if they were here. Today would be a birthday, for example. Or this month one of them would have been taking an entrance examination. In my heart, the children are still growing up. But I can't see them growing up’
— Dec 08, 2025 03:37PM
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The latest chapter I read was titled ‘Ghosts’ and as can be guessed, this started to introduce some of the ghost sightings and possessions that had occurred after the disaster with an introduction into the nations spirituality. There is lots I want to talk about just with this chapter alone but I don’t really have the word count. Instead, in the comments, I will condense some of the stories
— Dec 05, 2025 06:13PM
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This book is really engaging and incredibly well written but at the same time, I’m struggling to read more than a chapter or 2 at night
— Dec 03, 2025 05:50PM
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Part 1 complete. The school talked about had 108 students. Of the 78 who were there when the tsunami hit, 74 and 10 out of the 11 teachers had died.
— Nov 24, 2025 09:39AM
