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About this book
"Showcases war's bitter ironiesā¦as well as its romantic serendipities." ā Vogue
One summer night in prewar Japan, eleven-year-old Billy Reynolds takes snapshots at his parents' dinner party. That same evening his father Antonāa prominent American architectābegins a torrid affair with the wife of his master carpenter. A world away in New York, Cameron Richards rides a Ferris wheel with his sweetheart and dreams about flying a plane. These three men will all draw together to shape the fate of a young girl caught in the midst of one of World War II's most horrific eventsāthe 1945 firebombing of Tokyo
Exquisitely rendered, The Gods of Heavenly Punishment tells the stories of families on both sides of the Pacific: their loves and infidelities, their dreams and lossesāand their shared connection to one of the most devastating acts of war in human history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- I. 1935 | Hamburg, New York
- II. 1935 | Karuizawa, Japan
- III. 1942 | U.S.S. Hornet, Pacific Ocean
- IV. 1942 | Shin Nagano, Manchuria
- V. 1943 | Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah
- VI. 1945 | Tokyo, Japan
- VII. 1945 | Buffalo, New York
- VIII. 1945 | Tokyo, Japan
- IX. 1962 | Los Angeles
- A Note on Sources
- Acknowledgments
- Photograph Credits
- Reading Group Guide
- Additional Praise for The Gods of Heavenly Punishment
- Also by Jennifer Cody Epstein
- Copyright
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