From Russian nobility, the Palchikoffs barely escaped death at the hands of Bolshevik revolutionaries until Kaleria’s father, a White Russian officer, hijacked a ship to take them to safety in Hiroshima. Safety was short lived. Her father, a talented musician, established a new life for the family, but the outbreak of World War II created a cloud of suspicion that led to his imprisonment and years of deprivation for his family.
Then, on August 6, 1945, 22-year-old Kaleria was doing pre-breakfast chores when a blinding flash lit the sky over Hiroshima, Japan. A moment later, everything went black as the house collapsed on her and her family. Their world, and everyone else’s changed as the first atomic bomb was detonated over a city.
After the bombing, trapped in the center of previously unimagined devastation, Kaleria summoned her strength to come to the aid of bomb victims, treating the never-before seen effects of radiation. Fluent in English, Kaleria was soon recruited to work with General Douglas MacArthur’s occupation forces.
FAVORITE QUOTE FROM FIRST CHAPTER:
In forty-four seconds, tens of thousands of people will have their lives shattered in an instant. In forty-four seconds, a twenty-four-year-old Russian emigre, Kaleria Palchikoff, will be in the center of a horrendous conflatration never before unleashed in human history.
Kaleria Palchikoff is my mom.
BOOK COVER:
Superb cover with I'm supposing is Kaleria on the cover with the bombing in the background - spectacular!
FIRST CHAPTER REVIEW:
The first chapter opens with the 393rd Bomb Squadron carrying a top-secret weapon that is so top-secret they were not even briefed on what kind of weapon for fear this secret mission gets into the wrong hands and is not successful. Truth be known, the Enola Gray is about to drop its first atomic bomb ever used in war on Japan. At 8:09 in the morning, the air raid sirens in Hiroshima begin to wail. The people of Hiroshima hear the sirens but tend to ignore them as they go off very frequently. However, right on time, the mission is a success and "tens of thousands of people will have their lives shattered in an instant." This is when we are introduced to 24-year-old Kaleria Palchikoff and this is her story.
From this first chapter, the reader will come away with a thirst for more.
KEEP READING?
I'm definitely going to finish this one!
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Meet The Authors
Anthony “Tony” Drago was born in Camden, New Jersey and spent much of his early childhood at his paternal grandparents Italian grocery store. From a young age, his mother, Kaleria Palchikoff Drago, would tell him the captivating story of her journey from Russia to Japan and then to the United States. It created Tony’s foundation for his love of history—especially his family’s history—bringing him to write this book.
After retiring in 2006, Tony doubled down on his passions—flying his airplane, restoring his classic car, and traveling the world with his wife, Kathy. Tony and Kathy have been married for forty-five years. They have three adult children and enjoy spending their days on the beach in their hometown of Carmel, California with their eight grandchildren and dogs, Tug and Maggie. For more information about Kaleria and the book, visit http://www.survivinghiroshima.com.
Douglas Wellman was a television producer-director for 35 years, as well as dean of the film school at the University of Southern California. He currently lives in Southern Utah with his wife, Deborah, where he works as a chaplain at a local hospital when he isn’t busy writing books.
For more information on Doug and the books he has written, visit his website at http://www.douglaswellmanauthor.com.
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