Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses (Embers)

Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses (Embers)The first volume in a two book series about each of the atomic bomb drops that ended the Pacific War based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors to tell a story of devastation and resilience In this vividly rendered historical narrative, M. G. Sheftall layers the stories of hibakushathe Japanese word for atomic bomb survivorsin harrowing detail, to give a minute by minute report of August 6, 1945, in the leadup and aftermath of

Emilie Hornby escapes to her grandmother’s house for some comfort and a consolation pint of Ben & Jerry’s

Kiran Millwood-Hargrave effortlessly intertwines the stories of women tenderly and sympathetically

A suspicious traveler in gray

beguiling tale winding from the postwar rural provinces to Paris

Even though walls are coming down around Rebel Blue

their stories tangling like roots

But her tidy life is turned upside down when she unwraps a package containing an illustrated book called Whisperwood and the River of Stars

Roman begins to write articles for Dacre

Gradually Jonas learns that power lies in feelings

in a sweeping story that crosses generations and continents

Shades of Magic

and health