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Within the foothills of Pasadena, Mas Arai is merely another Japanese-American gardener, his lawnmower cutting blades clean and distinct, his vehicle carefully tuned. But while Mas keeps lawns neatly trimmed, his own life has gone to seed. His wife is inactive. And his livelihood is dropping into the hands of the men he once appointed by the day. For Mas, a life of sin is getting up to him. And now bachi - the nature of retribution - is knocking on his door. It commences when a stranger comes around, requesting questions in regards to a nurseryman who once lived in Hiroshima, a man known as Joji Haneda. By the end of the summer, Joji will be inactive, and Mas' own life will be in risk. For while Mas was creating a life on the advantage of the North american goal, he has maintained powerful secrets: about three friends way back when, about two lives entwined, and about what really occurred when the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945. A spellbinding secret enjoyed out from war-torn Japan to the wealthy tidewaters of LA's multicultural landscape, this stunning debut book weaves a powerful story of family, devotion, and the price of both survival and forgiveness.
