{"product_id":"90-seconds-to-midnight-a-hiroshima-survivors-nuclear-odyssey-hardback-9781640126305","title":"90 Seconds to Midnight; A Hiroshima Survivor's Nuclear Odyssey (Hardback) 9781640126305","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e90 Seconds to Midnight\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Hiroshima Survivor's Nuclear Odyssey\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharlotte Jacobs (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781640126305\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages, 19 photos, 1 map, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Charlotte Jacobs has a most compelling story to tell-the biography of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, a survivor of Hiroshima. Only biography has the power to convey what happened at the dawn of the nuclear age.”-Kai Bird, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow’s life story captures the horror of nuclear weapons. That a survivor could transcend her experience into a lifetime of activism that has made the world safer is so inspiring. I’ve loved Jacobs’s previous biographical works; in \u003ci\u003e90 Seconds to Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e her skill reaches new heights.”-Abraham Verghese, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/i\u003e, an Oprah’s Book Club selection\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow’s story is inspiring, heroic, and profoundly important. This is a remarkable book about a truly remarkable woman.”-Eric Schlosser, author of \u003ci\u003eCommand and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety\u003c\/i\u003e, a Pulitzer Prize finalist\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“This eminently readable book is riveting, timely, and much needed. It offers a unique and deeply affecting first-person account of the unimaginable horrors of Hiroshima through the eyes of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, who survived the bombing as a young teen to become a leading witness to the world on the crimes against humanity unleashed by nuclear war. She is a messenger we must hear, and we must heed.”-Diana Chapman Walsh, president emerita of Wellesley College and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Claims of Life: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e90 Seconds to Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e tells the gripping and thought-provoking story of Setsuko Nakamura Thurlow, a thirteen-year-old girl living in Hiroshima in 1945, when the city was annihilated by an atomic bomb. Struggling with grief and anger, Thurlow set out to warn the world about the horrors of a nuclear attack in a crusade that has lasted seven decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 2015 Thurlow sparked a rallying cry for activists when she proclaimed at the United Nations, “Humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist.” With that, she shifted the global discussion from nuclear deterrence to humanitarian consequences, the key in crafting the landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Regarded as the conscience of the antinuclear movement, Thurlow accepted the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. With the fate of humanity at stake and with the resolve of her samurai ancestors, Thurlow challenged leaders of the nuclear-armed states. On January 22, 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons went into effect, banning nuclear weapons under international law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Critical historical events need a personal narrative, and Thurlow is such a storyteller for Hiroshima. \u003ci\u003e90 Seconds to Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e recounts Thurlow’s ascent from the netherworld where she saw, heard, and smelled death and her relentless efforts to protect the world from an unspeakable fate. Knowing she would have to live with those nightmares, Thurlow turned them into a force to impel people across the globe to learn from Hiroshima, to admit that yes, it could happen again-and then to take action.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e List of Illustrations \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e List of Abbreviations \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Note on Japanese Names \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Prologue \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part 1. Before \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1. The Heart of a Samurai \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 2. A Cherry Blossom Life \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 3. Raising the Flag of the Rising Sun \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 4. August 6, 1945 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part 2. After \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 5. Necropolis \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6. Life among the Ruins \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 7. Occupied \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 8. Where Was God on August 6? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 9. Born to Serve \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 10. Falling in Love in Bibai \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Part 3. The Quest \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 11. Crossing Borders \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 12. Blood on Our Hands \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 13. In the Interim \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 14. Witness \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 15. Watchman \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 16. Indifference Is Not an Option \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 17. Reframing the Narrative \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 18. Point of No Return \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 19. Confronting Truman \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 20. Moving toward Zero \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 21. Moral Indignation \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 22. Glory \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 23. The Road to Ratification \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Epilogue \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Notes \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Index \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681223995672,"sku":"9781640126305","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/90-seconds-to-midnight-a-hiroshima-survivors-nuclear-odyssey-hardback-9781640126305","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}