I admit it, I am fascinated with
novels written about New Yorkers and their lives post-9/11. The Number of Missing is just such a book and
did not disappoint in any way.
David was near the towers when the
planes hit. David’s friend, Paul, was at work in one of
the towers when the planes hit and his body was never recovered. The book is about David and Paul’s widow, Mel,
and how they are coming to terms with
their grief.
There are references to what went on
in NYC immediately after the attacks and there are descriptions of what must
have been taking place in the burning towers before they collapsed.
At one point David is talking to a
Russian woman about the aftermath. He
says he has been having a hard time. She
says Americans are not used to hard days and he replies that after 9/11 we are. The woman says “It’s your first. There are many 9/11s. Yours are not so special.”
In that context, when one considers
the unrest, fighting and bloodshed all over the world in the past 20 years,
Americans have been lucky. However, it
does not erase the horror of the two planes flying into the twin towers.
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