Thursday, May 31, 2012

American Widow by Alissa Torres

Read: April 29-30, 2012
read in a few hours
pages: 224


I thought it would be interesting to read a book that had some connection to 9/11. It felt in a way similar to what the movie Remember Me was trying to do. Put you in the shoes of one individual and make you care for them and then experience through them the tragedy. This particular story follows a woman who is widowed due to the tragedy. It deals with her struggle to find support in post 9/11 and deal with the finger pointing of people who had nothing to do with the tragedy and had nothing else better to do than try to find fault in her. Parts of it were sad to learn, and maddening at the same time. I guess the book was ok, not something I would highly recommend unless someone was just interested in the experiences one woman had when dealing with the tragedy and its aftermath.

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