How is it that in the midst of one of the most horrific wartime events in history, an ordinary person can document for the worl

How is it that in the midst of one of the most horrific wartime events in history, an ordinary person can document for the world the selfless compassion of its youngest victims? In the wake of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Sadako Okuda tenderly describes and gives voice to the wounded children who—even in their final hours—gently cared for their siblings, parents, grandparents, and friends.

A Dimly Burning Wick

Memoir from the Ruins of Hiroshima

(Algora Publishing, 2008)

By Sadako Teiko Okuda

with Pamela Bea Wilson Vergun

Illustrations by Mia Nolting

The book about Hiroshima that explains why the atomic bombing occurred and what we can learn from it—through the genuine diary of a young woman who tried to help.