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A review by aus10england
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede
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!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia and War
Moderate: Death and Religious bigotry