Hovitz
Helaina Hovitz Helaina Hovitz Regal is a native New Yorker who has always had the unreasonable notion that she can help change the world. Her greatest passion is writing inspiring stories about charities, social good, nonprofits, social issues, animal rescue, mental health, and recovery. Her first book, AFTER 9/11: One Girl’s Journey Through Darkness to a […]
AFTER 9/11: One Girl’s Journey Through Darkness
Helaina Hovitz was twelve years old and in middle school three blocks away when the World Trade Center was attacked. Her memoir encapsulates the journey of a girl growing up with PTSD after living through the events firsthand, chronicling its effects on a young girl at the outset of adolescence and following her as she […]
THAT GIRL: A Memoir of 9/11, Helaina Hovitz
Helaina Hovitz was 12 when the towers came down in her neighborhood. The horrifying images and aftermath derailed her family’s life, and Hovitz spiraled into depression, addiction and self-harming behaviors–until she came out the other end. Her memoir of post-traumatic stress, resilience and healing is the first to shed light on this event from a […]