America has won World War II, but 12-year-old Hanako feels lost. When the war began, her family was forced to live in a camp, now they are being sent back to Japan. They go to live with Hanako's grandparents in a small village outside the bombed out city of Hiroshima. The country is starving, the black markets run rampant, and orphans beg for food in the street. Hanako wants to help them but there isn't even enough food for her own brother. Her grandfather explains the tradition of kintsukuroi: fixing broken objects with gold lacquer, making them stronger and more beautiful than ever. Can she find the gold needed to fix her own family?
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