Sachiko

A fresh and heartbreaking perspective on a story we think we already know.This narrative nonfiction book tells the true story of six-year-old Sachiko Yasui’s miraculous survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945 and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath. Author Caren B. Stelson had unprecedented personal access to Sachiko, conducting many hours of in person interviews in the process of creating this unique and moving history.