Review: Heart Wrenching and Mesmerizing at the same time....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 18, 2011
This is a quick read which is not easy to put down, but I found myself reading slowly in order to absorb its enormity.It is at once a look at:  the tragedy of 9/11, the workings of the human mind/spirit as it experiences this level of trauma, the sudden realization/affirmation of what is really important in life, the role of religious belief in the life of one who had firm religious belief before living through these events....  all in an amazingly short span of writing.The gravity of the story is retold through beautiful writing.  Putting this into the written word to be read by others is gutsy, and should be respected.  I found myself nodding at her recognition that the firefighters probably knew they weren't coming back.... I always believed that.  They appeared to have made a choice.  This was not simply a matter of "doing their job".  You could see it in the eyes of the fireman whose haunting photo came from those stairs after the tragedy.One note:  The book is full of bible references, and other religious notations.  Although I share neither her specific religion nor her solid religious orientation, in this case, the references did not bother me, nor did I find them intrusive in her telling of her story.Thank you to the author for her sharing as we approach the tenth anniversary.