Details the events and aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945, based on eyewitness accounts from survivors like Tsutomu Tamaguchi, who survived ground zero in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Lauren Cooper's devotion to her older brother Henry is shattered after a sudden tragedy, and she struggles to understand the person he has become and the impact his disease has had on her own life.
Examines various issues surrounding the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan, including the ethical and political impact on America, official statements from the U.S. government about the event, and a portrait of Harry Truman who made the decision.