An account of what took place in the hours leading up to the atomic bomb being released, the aftermath in the days and weeks following from interviews of six survivors. It recounts how their lives and their families and people closest to them were effected. It gives one a horrific and amazing account of the fortitude of the people of Hiroshima. The author interviews these six lives forty years later and recounts what happened during those years. Goodreads: On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic "that stirs the conscience of humanity" (The New York Times).