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American Widow (2008)

by Alissa Torres, Sungyoon Choi (Illustrator)

Series: 9-11 Comics

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An autobiographical comic which chronicles the experiences of Alissa Torres after her husband Eddie was killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, leaving her to face a whirlwind of bureaucracy, politics, mourning, and impending childbirth and single motherhood.
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OK graphic novel about a pregnant girl who's financee died on his second day of work at the World Trade Center on 9-11, and all the obstacles she went through to get some real help with her situation. He was from South America, so it made things harder. Well done book. Nice art. ( )
  kslade | Dec 8, 2022 |
A classic example of the difference between an interesting life and an interesting story. The illustrations are lovely, but they don't make up for (or transform) a disjointed narrative that never figures out what to say. (Other than "That was a horrible year.") I feel terrible for Torres, but this book doesn't turn her grief into anything more than grief. ( )
  scarequotes | Jan 23, 2016 |
This is a memoir by a young woman, 7 months pregnant, whose husband died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. She talks of the lack of information, the kindly support turning eventually into resentment, the red tape, and the press.
Torres says that she thought her story needed to be a graphic book because the tragedy was so much about images. It's beautifully told, and the art work is lovely.
  mulliner | Oct 31, 2010 |
This is a graphic novel about a woman who's husband died in the World Trade Center on 9/11--particularly tragic because she was 7 1/2 months pregnant at the time and his first day of work there was 9/10. I expected this to be a story about her love for her husband and how she managed to live her life with her son after the tragedy, but I was a little disappointed. Mostly this focused instead on how hard she had to work to get any aid from charities and how the charities were constantly ripping her off. ( )
  stubbyfingers | Aug 31, 2010 |
I liked how the author showed the wrinkles in what I had assumed was a clean story of American overabundance in grief and sympathy. I appreciated how Torres showed that difficult interactions with the Red Cross, volunteers, and even friends--who were jealous of her "tragedy payments"--contributed to her grief, and made her feel more alone. Particularly in a disaster that affected so many Americans, directly and indirectly. ( )
  allison.sivak | Jun 15, 2010 |
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Ultimately, it’s a frustrating book. It’s a thought-provoking story of survival, with unusual perspectives on a powerful event, but the meaning is still so raw, both for Torres and the rest of us. There’s little closure, and many unanswered questions left, but I appreciate Torres and Choi for raising them.
 

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Choi, SungyoonIllustratormain authorall editionsconfirmed

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An autobiographical comic which chronicles the experiences of Alissa Torres after her husband Eddie was killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, leaving her to face a whirlwind of bureaucracy, politics, mourning, and impending childbirth and single motherhood.

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