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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
6 reviews
dev921's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, War, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, and Death
katiebowers's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This book, about how small town Canada opened their doors to the world when American skies closed down on 9/11, is a mosiac of the great and beautiful, tragic and horrendous, parts of being human. It follows the stories of dozens of passengers marooned in Gander, Newfoundland and the volunteers who dropped everything to help them. It jumps rather rapidly from story to story, which makes it a bit hard to follow, but mostly it’s a great reflection on a part of 9/11 most of us never knew about, and of all the ways humans help each other.
Moderate: Death, War, and Violence
kibbles15's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
This was an inspirational and moving tale set in a time of great tragedy. I highly recommend this book!
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Xenophobia, Death, Violence, and War
Minor: Antisemitism, Vomit, and Alcohol
thedevouringbookshelf's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.0
Moderate: War and Islamophobia
Minor: Death, Violence, and Antisemitism
aus10england's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
This was a pleasantly surprising and heartwarming read!
It was nice to see what good came out of such a traumatic event, and I'm glad that the book kept its focus on the people in Gander, it really helped to connect to those people.
Something I took away from the book was how COMPLICATED everything was with border control and any process related to that, since there was no precedent for such a huge homeland security breach.
Anyway, very good read, would recommend for an uplifting read that promotes the power of thy neighbor!
It was nice to see what good came out of such a traumatic event, and I'm glad that the book kept its focus on the people in Gander, it really helped to connect to those people.
Something I took away from the book was how COMPLICATED everything was with border control and any process related to that, since there was no precedent for such a huge homeland security breach.
Anyway, very good read, would recommend for an uplifting read that promotes the power of thy neighbor!
Graphic: Xenophobia and War
Moderate: Death and Religious bigotry
nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Graphic: Death and Grief
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Xenophobia, War, Racism, and Islamophobia
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