Hiroshima in the Morning

The award–winning author of Shadow Child embarks on a simple journey to record history that changes her life as a wife and mother.

In 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 beca...