The Writing on the Wall: A Novel

The emotionally realistic and elegant portrait of mourning in the days and months following 9/11

As Renata, a linguist for the New York City Public Library, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge on her way to work one morning, she looks up to see a flash of orange and blue. Two planes have hit the World Trade Center, and with that, her world changes entirely.

Renata's connection to the tragedy grows deeper as her boyfriend, an overzealous social worker, begins to take care of a baby orphaned by th...