pickThis is an earlier book by this Aussie author. I've now read several of his books. As with his others he takes events/ situations and using fiction spins a story that makes you think.
"5 days,3 unexploded bombs,and every truth of your life turned into a lie. What would you do?"
My recent trip to NYC, and 9/11 Museum definitely sparked the desire read this. No words can really explain the day; one I personally remember vividly.
pickThis book was incredibly well written, but sad and hard to get through. Read it for a book club but I think I‘m going to skip the discussion. With another anniversary coming up this week I‘m just glad I don‘t have to go into DC that day and my kids will be close by.
Starting this month‘s book club book. When they pick books like this it‘s very apparent that I am the oldest by 10 years. Not really something I enjoy reading about- I lived it.
pick“Listen” is a Dutch book that has won many literary prizes and I read as an audio. It‘s about a Dutch girl who becomes an au-pair in Paris in the early ‘90s. We also know it‘s a story about 2015, the year Paris was shook up by the Charlie Hebdo attack at the beginning of the year and suicide bombers in November. We know this but not what‘s the connection between them. An engaging read, I hope it will be translated!
Not one I'd have picked but am racing through it. I've predicted the baddies, let's see if I'm correct!
Once the 3500s were pulled, all the firefighters had to pick up their Saber VHF radios again, estimated by the department and Motorola to be between 15 and 18 years old. In a war on 9/11 between terrorists armed with box cutters and fire chiefs who had to rely on runners for messages, bin Laden ended up with the low-tech edge.
(Continued)... decided at the outset that all the department could do was a search and rescue operation.
