That’s the title of the book by Rachel North that describes her experiences in the terrifying places of her life. First when she was raped and secondly when she was very nearly blown up in the bombings in London on the 7th July 2005.
I mentioned here that I thought that the book would be worth reading. Now that I have done that, I can confirm that my feeling was right. It is a wonderful book. Her voice is human, true, solid, and deserves to be heard.
The end of the book – when the light returns – reminds me somewhat of the glorious closure of Tony Kushner’s Angels In America:
This disease will be the end of many of us, but not nearly all, and the dead will be commemorated and will struggle on with the living, and we are not going away. We won’t die secret deaths anymore. The world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come.Bye now.You are fabulous creatures, each and every one.And I bless you: More Life.The Great Work Begins.
Thank you, Rachel for the book.
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