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Six Moments of Silence: Love Loss and Meaningful Life in the Shadow of 9/11
A journey of empowerment out of the fracture and sorrow of trauma
September 11th, 2001. In the worst terror attack in the history of humankind, K.T. Morgan lost a dear member of her immediate family when he was killed in the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
Following this painful loss, her family fell apart. This lead her on a voyage of empowerment and reassessment of her own identity.
Out of the ruins, K.T. Morgan grabbed her life back. She divorced her husband of thirteen years and, as a single mother, set off on a new path to study psychoanalysis.
This psychoanalytical process together with a sense of duty that compelled her to write, granted her a deeper understanding and a new, powerful meaning to the way she wanted to live her life.
In Six Moments of Silence, K.T. Morgan sketches out the complex process she went through on the road to a new life, though the pain and sadness of having lost her cousin Henry B. Gettling never let up. Her touching story provides the reader with important insights into the difficulty and the enormous value of overcoming trauma and distress, to start a new life of freedom.
September 11th, 2001. In the worst terror attack in the history of humankind, K.T. Morgan lost a dear member of her immediate family when he was killed in the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
Following this painful loss, her family fell apart. This lead her on a voyage of empowerment and reassessment of her own identity.
Out of the ruins, K.T. Morgan grabbed her life back. She divorced her husband of thirteen years and, as a single mother, set off on a new path to study psychoanalysis.
This psychoanalytical process together with a sense of duty that compelled her to write, granted her a deeper understanding and a new, powerful meaning to the way she wanted to live her life.
In Six Moments of Silence, K.T. Morgan sketches out the complex process she went through on the road to a new life, though the pain and sadness of having lost her cousin Henry B. Gettling never let up. Her touching story provides the reader with important insights into the difficulty and the enormous value of overcoming trauma and distress, to start a new life of freedom.
254 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 9, 2020
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September 12, 2020
This was a very difficult book to read. I purposely waited until the anniversary of September 11th to start.
I was expecting a book that talked about what happened, terrorist in the planes and how people helped in the recovery. Instead, it is a story of a lady whose life is basically destroyed because of losing the cousin who is very close to her. The tragedy sent her on a very difficult journey of divorce, mental illness, adultery, and the inability to maintain relationships.
Maybe it should have been renamed the hidden stories behind 9/11.
This book is the truth and sometimes the truth is painful. I recommend it and I hope you are not as overly optimistic about the story like I was.
I was expecting a book that talked about what happened, terrorist in the planes and how people helped in the recovery. Instead, it is a story of a lady whose life is basically destroyed because of losing the cousin who is very close to her. The tragedy sent her on a very difficult journey of divorce, mental illness, adultery, and the inability to maintain relationships.
Maybe it should have been renamed the hidden stories behind 9/11.
This book is the truth and sometimes the truth is painful. I recommend it and I hope you are not as overly optimistic about the story like I was.
September 21, 2020
Six moments of silence
Fantastic book. Really touched me. Amazing lady her story of overcoming such a tragedy. Really glad she finds herself. Very moving. Thanks
Fantastic book. Really touched me. Amazing lady her story of overcoming such a tragedy. Really glad she finds herself. Very moving. Thanks
September 14, 2020
I read this book on 9/11/2020, the 19th Anniversary
This book could have been cut by 1/2 and still said everything that needed to be said. There was a lot of repetition. I was a geri-psych RN for 12 1/2 years. I ended up in the field because I needed a job & wanted to do something different. Of all of my years of experience, those who go into the psych field are trying to heal themselves or someone in their family. This book lives up to this premise. She definitely needed to work on herself, however the very thing she tried to heal in herself, dependency, she ends up having in her relationship with Tom. She doesn't realize this though, just because she feels loved and valued in the end. I can't imagine losing a family member in the 9/11 attacks though because you'd relive that nightmare every year on that anniversary. It was hard enough on all of us. I'm glad she finds happiness in the end
This book could have been cut by 1/2 and still said everything that needed to be said. There was a lot of repetition. I was a geri-psych RN for 12 1/2 years. I ended up in the field because I needed a job & wanted to do something different. Of all of my years of experience, those who go into the psych field are trying to heal themselves or someone in their family. This book lives up to this premise. She definitely needed to work on herself, however the very thing she tried to heal in herself, dependency, she ends up having in her relationship with Tom. She doesn't realize this though, just because she feels loved and valued in the end. I can't imagine losing a family member in the 9/11 attacks though because you'd relive that nightmare every year on that anniversary. It was hard enough on all of us. I'm glad she finds happiness in the end
April 24, 2021
911
Was just ok,could not get into the story since I already knew a lot about the 911 attacks and all.
Was just ok,could not get into the story since I already knew a lot about the 911 attacks and all.
September 17, 2020
Wonderful
What an absolutely wonderful story I really stayed with this book until the very last page. I am so happy that you found your self and ultimately your happiness.Identify I identify with the good deal about what you said or wrote about As I have had failed relationships all of my life except from my family.My parents are gone now And it's very strange to be alone without them But I've find that I have isolated myself Maybe because I don't want to be hurt anymore By anyone.You wrote an absolutely beautiful book About your loved ones And I felt your honesty throughout the book.When I think back to the day of 911It is with such horror And pain For all those lives lost and for the victims families who suffer to this day.
What an absolutely wonderful story I really stayed with this book until the very last page. I am so happy that you found your self and ultimately your happiness.Identify I identify with the good deal about what you said or wrote about As I have had failed relationships all of my life except from my family.My parents are gone now And it's very strange to be alone without them But I've find that I have isolated myself Maybe because I don't want to be hurt anymore By anyone.You wrote an absolutely beautiful book About your loved ones And I felt your honesty throughout the book.When I think back to the day of 911It is with such horror And pain For all those lives lost and for the victims families who suffer to this day.
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