There’s a God for That
Optimism in the Face of Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Meltdowns
Joseph Honton
Frankalmoigne, Sebastopol
Narrative nonfiction
TRAVEL / Asia / Japan
RELIGION / Shintoism
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace
1. Japan – Religious life and customs
2. Earthquakes – Japan
3. Tsunamis – Japan
4. Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (Japan) Accidents
5. Antinuclear movement
6. Ghost stories, Japanese
STORYLINE: Issue-oriented
PACE: Relaxed
TONE: Moving; Reflective
WRITING: Lyrical; Thoughtful; Richly detailed; Stylistically complex
xvi, 168pp, glossary
40,000 words
12 maps, 2 line drawings
2012940666
978-0-9856423-0-3 (hardcover)
978-0-9856423-1-0 (pbk.)
978-0-9856423-2-7 (eBook)
978-0-9856423-3-4 (Kindle)
US $28.00 (hardcover)
US $16.00 (pbk.)
US $11.99 (eBook)
US $9.99 (Kindle)
Wholesale: Ingram
Retail: Frankalmoigne
October 2012
JOSEPH HONTON is a world traveler and professional geographer, who has visited some of Japan’s most remote places. He married in a Shinto Shrine, and has lived a bi-cultural life for three decades.
His intimate understanding of the language, culture, and religion of Japan, provides an authentic voice for this compelling story.