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Septembre En T'attendant (2009)

by Alissa Torres(Favorite Author)

3.3 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

2203014377 (ISBN13: 9782203014374)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Casterman

review 1: Picked this up while browsing at the library. It was really the artwork (by Sungyoon Choi) that drew me in and I didn't even read the description. It's a touching, true story of a woman whose husband died in the Twin Towers on 9/11 and how she navigated the aftermath with their newborn son. It's a very honest account with a sincere look at dealing not only with loss and pain but with the public, bureaucracy, judgment, and finding meaning again in life.
review 2: It seems like most people either love or hate this book and I really don't understand that. I liked it and I thought the graphics were great but I don't know that it really added to the story. I think the message would have come across just as well in a written memoir. The reason that graphic novels ar... moree so great is when the pictures convey more than the words and this fell short in that regard. I felt conflicted while reading Alissa's story. I wanted to feel empathy but I thought the telling was rather cold and impersonal and so I found found myself getting annoyed with her complaints. They were legitimate complaints but for some reason, the way they were told was off-putting This is not a story unique to Alissa and I feel for everyone that was put in that terrible situation. However I think there are better ways to tell the story. less

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