The Gods of Heavenly Punishment

By Jennifer Cody Epstein

Book Overview

One summer night in prewar Japan, eleven-year-old Billy Reynolds takes snapshots at his parents' dinner party. That same evening his father Anton--a prominent American architect--begins a torrid affair with the wife of his master carpenter. A world away in New York, Cameron Richards rides a Ferris wheel with his sweetheart and dreams about flying a plane. These three men will all draw together to shape the fate of a young girl caught in the midst of one of World War II's most horrific events--the 1945 firebombing of Tokyo

Exquisitely rendered, The Gods of Heavenly Punishment tells the stories of families on both sides of the Pacific: their loves and infidelities, their dreams and losses--and their shared connection to one of the most devastating acts of war in human history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393347885
• ISBN13: 9780393347883
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.3"