{"id":8052,"date":"2020-06-05T16:50:03","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?p=8052"},"modified":"2020-06-05T16:50:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:50:03","slug":"save-the-date-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/?p=8052","title":{"rendered":"The Blossom and the Firefly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\u00a0by Sherri L. Smith<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"             alignleft wp-image-8054 \" style=\"margin-top: 0.857143rem; margin-right: 1.71429rem; margin-bottom: 0.857143rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/9781524737900-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>Japan 1945.\u00a0 Taro is a talented violinist and a kamikaze pilot in the days before his first and only mission.\u00a0 He believes he is ready to die for his country&#8230;until he meets Hana.\u00a0 Hana hasn&#8217;t been the same since the day she was buried alive in a collapsed trench during a bomb raid.\u00a0 She wonders if it would have been better to have died that day&#8230;until she meets Taro.<\/p>\n<p>A song will bring them together.\u00a0 The war will tear them apart.\u00a0 Is it possible to live an entire lifetime in eight short days?<\/p>\n<strong>Share This Post With People You Know:<\/strong> <br \/><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-96 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maryslibrary.com&amp;t=The%20Blossom%20and%20the%20Firefly&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maryslibrary.com&amp;p[images][0]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maryslibrary.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F06%2F9781524737900-150x150.jpg&amp;p[title]=The%20Blossom%20and%20the%20Firefly\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:96px;height:96px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"display: inline;width:96px;height:96px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/128x128\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-96 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maryslibrary.com&amp;title=The%20Blossom%20and%20the%20Firefly\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:96px;height:96px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"display: inline;width:96px;height:96px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/128x128\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-96 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=The%20Blossom%20and%20the%20Firefly&amp;body=Check%20out%20this%20book%20at%20the%20Mary%20S.%20Biesecker%20Public%20Library%21:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maryslibrary.com\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:96px;height:96px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"display: inline;width:96px;height:96px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maryslibrary.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/128x128\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0by Sherri L. 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