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Title: Middletown, America: One Town's Passage from Trauma To Hope by Gail Sheehy ISBN: 0-375-50862-7 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.36 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I chose this and one other...
Comment: Thinking that I really couldn't handle reading any accounts of September 11, yet knowing that I should in order to keep the memories alive, I chose to search out books that might offer more of a community perspective as well as leave me with a positive feeling. I chose well.
The first one I read was Braving the Waves - Rockaway Rises... and Rises Again, by Kevin Boyle. It is the account of the community of Rockaway Beach, New York, hit hard by terrorism on September 11 only to be rocked again by tragedy on November 12 of that same year when a passenger jet nosedived into their small neighborhood. Some 260 people were killed that day - yet we hardly remember the incident. Boyle lives in Rockaway and honors his community with his thorough and loving account.
Middletown is about community of a similar yet different sort. Sheehy wisely chose to live in Middletown (an edge Boyle already had in writing his book), in order to really get beyond the surface of the place and its people. An excellent view, and very much recommended!
Rating: 4
Summary: Part of the healing
Comment: I lived through the events of 9/11 and its aftermath in the town itself. Reading this mostly well-written book (I noticed the errors also) was a form of therapy for me. It helped me to remember and come to terms with my feelings of those times.
When the Oklahoma bombing occurred, it was an event that made me sad, but that did not impact me from a personal perspective. 9/11 was a different story, and Ms. Sheehy captured the feelings of those involved in that day and afterwards. I suffered no personal losses, but in a sense was a survivor also. The book helped me to realize that.
I also recalled the activities of the FAVOR group, of which I was a member. I was not very active in the group, but was so honored to be involved with that wonderful group of women.
So for those who would really like to understand how it was for those living in the township, I would recommend this book highly. And I'd recommend it to those living in the area as a form of catharsis.
Rating: 1
Summary: Creepy
Comment: A blatant partisan account by a creepy psychobabbler who injected herself into the lives of mourning 9/11 families for her personal gain. A societal parasite who should stop meddling in other people's lives.
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Title: A Mighty Heart by Mariane Pearl, Sarah Crichton ISBN: 0743244427 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Blue Blood by Edward Conlon ISBN: 1573222666 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: 12 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Farewell, Jackie: A Portrait of Her Final Days by Edward Klein ISBN: 0670033316 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 12 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Braving the Waves: Rockaway Rises -- And Rises Again by Kevin Boyle ISBN: 0933670079 Publisher: Rising Star Press Pub. Date: 02 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Grace and Power: The Private World of the Kennedy White House by Sally Bedell Smith ISBN: 0375504494 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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