This is not really a spoiler as its on the back of the book blurb.
Slightly teary eyed reading the description of the exact moment the atom bomb hit Nagasaki. Read so many versions, news items but the way the author has described the human consequence(using the most beautiful, evocative prose btw) is just heart wrenching. I am still reading so please no spoilers if you have finished this wonderful book, I just found it so moving I had to stop reading and share! If you liked Memoirs of a Geisha and Lesley Downer/Lian Hearn type books, this one is for you.
And as an aside, what would I give to be able to write like that!