Rendered rubble by American firebombs, which killed They were supposedly from cities that had been Images that were presented of the soldiers’ home I was also taken aback by the pristine postcard Having a dog-let alone a horse-would have been an My mother refused to touch it atįirst, but as hunger overcame her, she ate it, crying. Was a rabbit my grandmother had it killed to provideįood for her family. By theĮnd of the war, my mother, who was then twelve, During World War II, theĪmerican blockade led to food shortages in Japan,Ĭausing severe malnutrition for its citizens. I immediately recalled my mother's childhood memory Hokeyness it was that the dog looked too well-fed. Something about the scene with the dog made me first
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