Lush Meditation on War
Jennifer Cody Epstein's new novel, The Gods of Heavenly Punishment
tells the story of several families, American and Japanese, and how they are all
connected by one of the most devastating acts of war in human history.
In this epic novel, fifteen-year-old Yoshi, child of Japan’s New Empire, daughter of an
expansionist and a mother with a haunting past, is on her way home when American bombers shower her city with napalm—an attack
that leaves one hundred thousand dead and half the city in ruins. In the days that follow, Yoshi’s old life will blur beyond
recognition, leading her to a new world marked by destruction and shaped
by those considered the enemy: Cam, a downed bomber pilot taken
prisoner by the Imperial Japanese Army; Anton, a gifted architect who
helped modernize Tokyo’s prewar skyline but is now charged with
destroying it; and Billy, an Occupation soldier who arrives in the
blackened city with a dark secret of his own. Directly or indirectly,
each will shape Yoshi’s journey as she seeks safety, love, and
redemption.
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