A lot could be understood in reading between the lines. It was nonetheless important to see the schedule and expectations. In a few entries she writes notes and questions to her teacher, who then responds, and those revealed more of the little girl she was than her careful charting of hours. The actual writing is that of the twelve-year-old child she was - not particularly poetic or insightful, but meticulous and assiduous, carrying out her school assignment of writing down her duties and how her days were spent. It is the diary of a young Japanese school girl whose class worked at clearing out rubble in Hiroshima and found themselves directly in the path of the atomic bomb on August 6th, 1945. This arrived as a ring, and was a quick read.
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