Books like The Ash Garden by Dennis Bock
Dennis Bock’s novel follows three intersecting stories set against the final days of World War II. A scientist flees the Pyrenees and is smuggled into America, a young woman is forced into quarantine aboard a transatlantic ship while her family languishes in occupied Austria, and a girl watches a lone aircraft glide near a riverbank. As their individual paths converge with the detonation of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the narrative navigates the aftermath of war, the shifting identities of German‑American refugees, and the harrowing reality of survivors in New Mexico, Quebec, and Japan. The book offers a human perspective on the historical trauma of the bomb and its lasting effects on ordinary people.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Dennis Bock
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