When the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Mieko's nearby village was turned into ruins, and her hand was badly injured. Mieko loves to do calligraphy more than anything, but now she can barely hold a paintbrush. And she feels as if she has lost something that she can't paint without-the...
/Eleanor Coerr "The devastating effects of the bombing of Japan . . . are evoked here in the stirring story of Mieko, a gifted calligrapher and artist. After her hand is badly injured in the bombing . . . Mieko fears she has lost the fifth treasure, the 'beauty in the heart'...
Set in postwar Japan, this is a story of hope and courage that conveys a sense of Japanese people, customs and beliefs.