Can Love survive Betrayal and Hiroshima? Shizue Nekomoto moved from Honolulu to the family mansion in Furuichi, Japan to care for her ailing grandmother. It wasn't long before Grandmother revealed a Matter of Importance she wished to discuss with her granddaughter. She wished Shizue to marry her first cousin Toshiyuki in order to preserve their Samurai Bloodline and the Family Fortune . Although the practice was not uncommon in Japan, Shizue resisted the idea of a loveless marriage. In time, however, she agreed to ...
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Can Love survive Betrayal and Hiroshima? Shizue Nekomoto moved from Honolulu to the family mansion in Furuichi, Japan to care for her ailing grandmother. It wasn't long before Grandmother revealed a Matter of Importance she wished to discuss with her granddaughter. She wished Shizue to marry her first cousin Toshiyuki in order to preserve their Samurai Bloodline and the Family Fortune . Although the practice was not uncommon in Japan, Shizue resisted the idea of a loveless marriage. In time, however, she agreed to the union to please her grandmother. A few years later , with two children and a third on the way, Shizue learned that her husband was having an affair. Toshiyuki's commanding officer delivered the news in person and suggested Shizue and the children leave the country estate and move to Hiroshima City. He believed that with his family living closer to the barracks, Major Nekomoto would not continue to dishonor and embarrass his division. Monday, August 6, 1945 , in a rented house on Nishi Hakushima Street, the Nekomoto family awoke to the sounds of a summer morning that would change their lives forever. The atomic bomb dropped on Japan detonated only 1/2 mile from their home. Note: This book is a condensed version of Passport to Hiroshima with additional information about Shizue
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