Face-to-face book group

Remembering America's Twentieth-Century Asian Wars: Sachiko Book Discussion

Remembering America's Twentieth-Century Asian Wars

 

Elizabethtown College Face-to-Face Book Group

March 3


As we reflect on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we are once again reminded of the importance of commemorations, monuments, and public memory.  Come join Dr. David Kenley, Elizabethtown College, and Michele Beauchamp, NCTA Alumna, for a fascinating book series on America’s twentieth-century wars in Asia.  Rather than learning about the events of those wars, we will focus instead on the ways in which the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and Americans choose to remember, commemorate, and celebrate these horrific events.

March 3, 6:00 pm:  Karen Stelson,  Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story

This striking work of narrative nonfiction tells the true story of six-year-old Sachiko Yasui's survival of the Nagasaki atomic bomb on August 9, 1945, and the heartbreaking and lifelong aftermath. Having conducted extensive interviews with Sachiko Yasui, Caren Stelson chronicles Sachiko’s trauma and loss as well as her long journey to find peace. This book offers readers a remarkable new perspective on the final moments of World War II and their aftermath.

 

A free copy of the book, Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story, will be sent if needed.

Please allow enough time to receive and read the book (at least 2 weeks prior to date of discussion group; February 18th)

Register for this discussion and the others at our website here.

Registration is required to participate.

Remembering America's Twentieth-Century Asian Wars: Sachiko Book Discussion Group
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 - 18:00
Face-to-face book group
Event Location: 
Elizabethtown College