The Blue Skies of Autumn By Elizabeth Turner.

Product Details:
Publisher: Simon & Schuster 2011
Paperback, 215 Pages.
Source: Bought By Myself.
Rating: 3 out of 5.
Synopsis/Blurb: On September 11th 2001, 32-year-old Elizabeth Turner was working at Channel 4 when news broke of the attacks on the World Trade Centre. Surrounded by TV screens, like her colleagues, she watched as the horror unfolded. But for Elizabeth, the atrocities were all the more painful - her husband Simon was at a meeting in the restaurant at the top of the towers as the planes crashed into them. Elizabeth was seven months pregnant with their first child. As the destruction unfolded, and Simon did not call, Elizabeth's world crumbled, and she spiralled into an abyss of grief more painful than most of us can imagine.
I was looking forward to reading this book as 9/11 being my birthday I find the horrors that happened that day very interesting. I have read websites and other books on 9/11 but never read a book from someone's point of view that was affected so much by this event. I would say this is not really a story but as what happens in this book are all facts but it is definitely a self help book. I have never been through anything so global so I will never understand how you truly feel when something like this happens but I can say if it were to happen to myself with the help of Elizabeth's book I think I would have the tools to get through it all. This book is only small and you really get to know Elizabeth as a person. I would like to say I didn't know who this lady was and I had never even heard her name in the press or websites, but now I feel as if I know her so well. I don't know this lady and yet I feel so proud of her for getting through to the other side and becoming a stronger person than she was before. This is a very heart warming book and makes you realise what you have in life. I wouldn't say I would read it again for just a story, but I haven't threw it away as in times of need I may find myself wanting a little self help time.
Elizabeth Turner has her own web page here and I found just her website was very inspirational. Find some time to check it out.
Hope you enjoyed this post. See you soon
Laura xx

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