AFTER 9/11: One Girl’s Journey Through Darkness to a New Beginning, Helaina Hovitz
NOW IN PAPERBACK! (Skyhorse, September 5, 2017) “This impressive debut is both deeply evocative and intensely personal.” ― Peter Canby, Senior Editor, The New Yorker “A moving and remarkable testament to a time that changed our country, told beautifully by a young woman who never gave up hope….” ― Sean Elder, contributor, Newsweek Helaina Hovitz […]
Where I Write: Helaina Hovitz
I carry a small notebook in my purse literally everywhere I go (I can’t sit still for long without jotting something down, and if I don’t have my notebook on me, I use my phone’s notepad) but there is one place my laptop stays parked, ironically, and that is in my home office. In 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 […]