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Sheila's Reads
Sheila's Reads rated it 9 years ago
Sweet story of the American Army in Adano, Italy, as they push the Germans out of Italy. Major Joppolo is the adjutant assigned to restore order to Adano. As he meets the townspeople the one request made most often is for the return of their bell which was taken by the Facists to melt down for bulle...
KizunaYueMichaelis
KizunaYueMichaelis rated it 9 years ago
Not a light reading, not at all. I was deeply moved by the photographs. The narrative is not very good, at least to me. It is about the lives of 6 different people (doctors, mother, priest; all surivors) and how they went thru before, during and after the atomic bomb. I think it needed "more feeling...
Michelle Scott, urban fantasy author
Michelle Scott, urban fantasy author rated it 12 years ago
Thirty years ago, when I read this book back in high school, I focused only on the horror of the sinister stranger, Wissey Jones, who wanted to buy Barry Rudd. As an adult, however, I see a deeper horror at work.The story, told in the format of a court transcript, is a quick, easy read. However, t...
veeral
veeral rated it 12 years ago
Some acts are unjustifiable no matter how hard the perpetrators try to rationalize them. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are undeniably among those. I firmly believe that the War Crimes Trials after World War-II should have been conducted even on some men of the Allied powers. If it’s any consola...
Can't live without Reading!
Can't live without Reading! rated it 13 years ago
Its one of those books which makes it difficult to write the correct words about it! Its just so simple. It opens a window to how the A-bombing affected people in Hiroshima. Its about people and not the act, or the people who decided to drop the bomb or why.A must read for all!
msleighm books
msleighm books rated it 14 years ago
nice anthology of excepts, short stories, poems, etc about Italy. I was introduced or reacquainted with authors I'd like to get to know better.
NinthWanderer
NinthWanderer rated it 16 years ago
Every American should read this book to understand that when people say "Freedom isn't free," we're not the only ones bearing the cost. Hundreds of thousands of Japanese — normal people like you and me, getting up, going to work, getting their children off to school — paid the cost of ending World W...
Lost Between Pages
Lost Between Pages rated it 16 years ago
This was just ok for me.I was not as enticed as others were. I think it was because of my field of allied health. I am in the Radiology Department and so I think my knowledge kind of hindered me more than anything, unfortunately.I was expecting more of the conditions and the after effects of the act...
paigeawesome
paigeawesome rated it 16 years ago
The little review/blurb on the cover of the book says "Everyone able to read should read it." I agree.
Flying Kick-a-pow!
Flying Kick-a-pow! rated it 16 years ago
Let's just say, I've had numerous nightmares about atom bombs ever since.
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