Helaina Hovitz is a journalist and editor, specializing in
positive and inspiring stories. She has written for the New York
Times, Salon, The New York Observer, Forbes, Newsday,Glamour, VICE,
Huffington Post, UpWorthy, Teen Vogue, and Newsday. She lives in
New York with her husband and their rescue dog, Wiley.
Jasmin Lee Cori MS, LPC, is a psychotherapist and author of
Healing From Trauma: A Survivor's Guide to Understanding Your
Symptoms and Reclaiming Your Life.
Patricia Harte Bratt, PhD, is the Director of the Academy of
Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis (ACAP), the President of the
National Association for the Achievement of Psychoanalysis (NAAP),
and the author of Reciprocal Resilience: Surprising Benefits for
Clinicians of Listening to Stories of Trauma.
“I am grateful to you for writing After 9/11, and for the courage
it took to share your personal story....I am so heartened to know
that despite the many challenges you faced...you have emerged as a
survivor...Thank you for using your voice to help us all make sense
of that dark day, and forge that new beginning. You are a herald
for your generation.”—Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a letter to
Helaina Hovitz
Hovitz's story of finding hope in the darkness is inspirational,
courageous and beautifully told. After 9/11 is a testament to the
resiliency of the human spirit.” --Cathy Free, correspondent,
PEOPLE
Helaina Hovitz's engrossing narrative begins in the shadow of the
twin towers with her as a backpack-toting twelve-year-old and plays
out over the next fifteen years in dramatic - and sometimes
distressing - detail. This impressive debut is both deeply
evocative and intensely personal.” --Peter Canby, Senior Editor,
The New Yorker
Hovitz shows us, for the first time, what it was like for families
in New York City who suddenly had to live like other war refugees,
with no idea where their loved ones were or when the next attack
might come. After 9/11 is a moving and remarkable testament to a
time that changed our country, told beautifully by a young woman
who never gave up hope that she could reclaim her life, no matter
how grim things looked.”
--Sean Elder, contributor, Newsweek
Helaina Hovitz has written that rare kind of book that combines a
poetic sensitivity to detail, the stark emotion of memory, and a
searing glimpse of the human spirit as it suffers, struggles and
learns to heal. In her story are the seeds of hope for anyone who
has survived trauma and seeks to truly live again.”
--Michele Rosenthal, author of Heal Your PTSD: Dynamic Strategies
That Work
Helaina Hovitz has written a powerful memoir of the overlooked
personal trauma nearby kids experienced while living in the shadow
of so much destruction. Her story, and the stories of her friends
and classmates, are a crucial part of the nation's 9/11 history.”
--Jacoba Urist, journalist, The Atlantic
Helaina Hovitz's first book is a brave, honest, and fast-paced
personal account of the ways in which one day can change the course
of our lives forever. Her story is an example of how trauma and
addiction become part of a life, not someone's entire life, and how
we can take the wheel and change that course if we are willing to
work for it. By combining her own personal experience with
interviews and journalistic research, Hovitz shows us, every step
of the way, what it is like to finally move towards the light after
so many years of darkness.”
--Maia Szalavitz, bestselling author and journalist for TIME
Hovitz's memoir is distinctive and larger than her own experience.
Through her engaging and beautifully crafted narrative, we see the
lasting scars that have lingered on so many of us.” Ilana Masad,
reviewer, Read it Forward
Provides us with a timely account of the seen and unseen damage
searing experiences and memories shape... Helaina Hovitz, in
understated prose, takes us with her on her path away from PTSD.
She does not shy away from nor minimize the effects of her
trauma... Hovitz had the grit, determination and resources to pull
herself out of the morass of PTSD. What about the rest of her
generation growing up in this post-September 11 world?
...Throughout history witness-bearers through their stories provide
personal glimpses into historic events that can otherwise become
dates and place names and statistics. Hovitz’s book opens a window
on one person’s journey in the aftermath of September 11. She has
rendered a valuable service in adding her voice to the memory of
this momentous interstice in world history.” -- Janet Levine, New
York Journal of Books
A must-read, inspiring and impressive.” Jason Schott, Brooklyn
Digest
A tightly-paced memoir of a girlhood in a combat zone: the United
States. This book cuts through political commentary and cultural
critique to give us a child's-eye view on New York City on 9/11,
and reminds us that our lives are shaped in part by what we see and
what we survive. Hovitz, a journalist, uses her strengths as a
writer and reporter to unpack a powerful tale, and her experience
as a survivor of PTSD to explore the impact of trauma on our lives.
This is the 9/11 story - a story of children, families, and
individuals - that is, as yet, untold.” Marya Hornbacher,
award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of
the memoirs Madness: A Bipolar Life, and Wasted
“I am grateful to you for writing After 9/11, and for the courage
it took to share your personal story....I am so heartened to know
that despite the many challenges you faced...you have emerged as a
survivor...Thank you for using your voice to help us all make sense
of that dark day, and forge that new beginning. You are a herald
for your generation.”—Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a letter to
Helaina Hovitz
Hovitz's story of finding hope in the darkness is inspirational,
courageous and beautifully told. After 9/11 is a testament to the
resiliency of the human spirit.” --Cathy Free, correspondent,
PEOPLE
Helaina Hovitz's engrossing narrative begins in the shadow of the
twin towers with her as a backpack-toting twelve-year-old and plays
out over the next fifteen years in dramatic - and sometimes
distressing - detail. This impressive debut is both deeply
evocative and intensely personal.” --Peter Canby, Senior Editor,
The New Yorker
Hovitz shows us, for the first time, what it was like for families
in New York City who suddenly had to live like other war refugees,
with no idea where their loved ones were or when the next attack
might come. After 9/11 is a moving and remarkable testament to a
time that changed our country, told beautifully by a young woman
who never gave up hope that she could reclaim her life, no matter
how grim things looked.”
--Sean Elder, contributor, Newsweek
Helaina Hovitz has written that rare kind of book that combines a
poetic sensitivity to detail, the stark emotion of memory, and a
searing glimpse of the human spirit as it suffers, struggles and
learns to heal. In her story are the seeds of hope for anyone who
has survived trauma and seeks to truly live again.”
--Michele Rosenthal, author of Heal Your PTSD: Dynamic Strategies
That Work
Helaina Hovitz has written a powerful memoir of the overlooked
personal trauma nearby kids experienced while living in the shadow
of so much destruction. Her story, and the stories of her friends
and classmates, are a crucial part of the nation's 9/11 history.”
--Jacoba Urist, journalist, The Atlantic
Helaina Hovitz's first book is a brave, honest, and fast-paced
personal account of the ways in which one day can change the course
of our lives forever. Her story is an example of how trauma and
addiction become part of a life, not someone's entire life, and how
we can take the wheel and change that course if we are willing to
work for it. By combining her own personal experience with
interviews and journalistic research, Hovitz shows us, every step
of the way, what it is like to finally move towards the light after
so many years of darkness.”
--Maia Szalavitz, bestselling author and journalist for TIME
Hovitz's memoir is distinctive and larger than her own experience.
Through her engaging and beautifully crafted narrative, we see the
lasting scars that have lingered on so many of us.” Ilana Masad,
reviewer, Read it Forward
Provides us with a timely account of the seen and unseen damage
searing experiences and memories shape... Helaina Hovitz, in
understated prose, takes us with her on her path away from PTSD.
She does not shy away from nor minimize the effects of her
trauma... Hovitz had the grit, determination and resources to pull
herself out of the morass of PTSD. What about the rest of her
generation growing up in this post-September 11 world?
...Throughout history witness-bearers through their stories provide
personal glimpses into historic events that can otherwise become
dates and place names and statistics. Hovitz’s book opens a window
on one person’s journey in the aftermath of September 11. She has
rendered a valuable service in adding her voice to the memory of
this momentous interstice in world history.” -- Janet Levine, New
York Journal of Books
A must-read, inspiring and impressive.” Jason Schott, Brooklyn
Digest
A tightly-paced memoir of a girlhood in a combat zone: the United
States. This book cuts through political commentary and cultural
critique to give us a child's-eye view on New York City on 9/11,
and reminds us that our lives are shaped in part by what we see and
what we survive. Hovitz, a journalist, uses her strengths as a
writer and reporter to unpack a powerful tale, and her experience
as a survivor of PTSD to explore the impact of trauma on our lives.
This is the 9/11 story - a story of children, families, and
individuals - that is, as yet, untold.” Marya Hornbacher,
award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of
the memoirs Madness: A Bipolar Life, and Wasted
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