I guess I was expecting Yasuko to pull through. There was another character that appeared to have much more contact with radiation and miraculously pulled through, so I thought that Yasuko had a chance.
The thing (for me) about reading a book like this is that it tells me how startling little I know (or have forgotten) about the subject.
Much of the narrative of them walking about reminded me of The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
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