Ghosts of the Tsunami : Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone (Hardcover)

from KateHonig

This book is really amazing. It's a treatise on Japanese culture, death, parenthood ,and how you rebuild yourself after a tragedy. The story surrounds a particular incident during the Tsunami in 2011.

from utbw42

I visited Japan in 1990, 1994, and 1998 for business. Each time I went, I had a greater appreciation and interest in the people and the culture. I suspect this went a long way into my interests in the catastrophe that killed an estimated 20,000 Japanese people on March 11, 2011, when the fourth l...

from Stbalbach

Ghosts of the Tsunami is a tragic story beautifully told. It centers mainly on the Ishinomaki Okawa Elementary School (大川小学校), which lost 70 of 108 students and nine of 13 teachers and staff. It's a multi-genre work with elements of reporting about the tsunami, stories of personal loss and grief,...

from gbelik

This story tells the story of the tsunami by focusing on one elementary school, the decisions its leaders made and the tragedies caused. A sad, sad tale.

from Whisper1

High up on my list of one of the best I've read thus far this year, this captivating, well-written book pulled me in from the first page. March 11, 2011 was a day of incredible disaster for Japan. In particular, the hardest hit were the Northern reaches which are comprised of small hamlets of har...