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After 9/11: One Girl's Journey Through Darkness to a New Beginning

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781631440625 Author(s): Helaina Hovitz Format: Hardcover Year: 2016 Publisher: Carrel Books Dimensions: 152 x 0 x 229 (w x l x h) Pages: 480

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Description: Helaina Hovitz was twelve years old and in middle school three blocks away when the World Trade Center was attacked. Her memoir encapsulates the journey of a girl growing up with PTSD after living through the events firsthand, chronicling its effects on a young girl at the outset of adolescence and following her as she spirals into addiction and rebellion, through loss, chaos, and confusion. The events and experiences that are now common knowledge to everyone were a very real part of Helaina's life and are still as vivid in her memory today: the sickening thud of falling bodies hitting cars, the crumbling towers, running for her life as she tried to get home, her universe literally engulfed in a cloud. Hundreds, including Helaina, were stranded in the neighborhood, also just blocks from the towers, without phones or electricity or anyone to help. For fear of subsequent attacks, not to mention the toxic substances in the air, everyone was urged to stay inside their debris-filled apartments. Anyone who has survived a horrific event knows that just because a body remains in motion does not mean everything will simply 'go back to normal.' The chemistry of the brain and the body changes, impacting our relationships, our choices, and how we experience the world around us. Yet, we rarely find out what actually happens to people as they try to move on from a life-threatening experience--especially children