{"id":857,"date":"2020-08-17T06:50:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T13:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=857"},"modified":"2020-08-14T10:48:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T17:48:48","slug":"a-bowl-full-of-peace-a-true-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/a-bowl-full-of-peace-a-true-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bowlfullpeace-595x705.jpg?resize=525%2C622&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"622\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12234\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3aoqdCh\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9781541521483\">Bookshop<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781541521483?aff=anasuen09\">IndieBound<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story<\/em><br \/>\nby Caren Stelson (Author) and Akira Kusaka (Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Sachiko&#8217;s family home was about half a mile from where the atomic bomb fell on August 9, 1945. Her family experienced devastating loss. When they returned to the rubble where their home once stood, her father miraculously found their serving bowl fully intact. This delicate, green, leaf-shaped bowl&#8211;which once held their daily meals&#8211;now holds memories of the past and serves as a vessel of hope, peace, and new traditions for Sachiko and the surviving members of her family.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/bowlfullpeace.1.jpg?resize=500%2C306&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12235\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story by Caren Stelson (Author) and Akira Kusaka (Illustrator) Booktalk: Sachiko&#8217;s family home was about half a mile from where the atomic bomb fell on August 9, 1945. Her family experienced devastating loss. When they returned to the rubble where their home once &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/a-bowl-full-of-peace-a-true-story\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-dP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1812,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/great-super-bowl-traditions\/","url_meta":{"origin":857,"position":0},"title":"Great Super Bowl Traditions","author":"Anastasia Suen","date":"January 13, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Great Super Bowl Traditions (NFL at a Glance) by Drew Silverman and Heather Dilorenzo Williams (Authors) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Short chapters highlight six aspects of the Super Bowl that make it a must-watch event each year. 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