This is a little OT, as it is not a manga, but the timing seems appropriate, and if it wasn't a moving tale I wouldn't bring it up.
American Widow is the true story of a whirlwind romance that ends in tragedy on September 11, 2001. But the story does not end there, and the tale of a young widowed mother and the dizzying bureaucracy she deals with is only sadder because it is true. I have not finished the book yet, so I can't go into much more, but it is a great reminder that comics not only take us to fantastic lands, but also to sometimes beautiful and sometimes horrifying realities.
From the publisher:
On September 10, 2001, Eddie Torres started his dream job at Cantor Fitzgerald in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. The next morning, he said goodbye to his 7½-months-pregnant wife, Alissa, and headed out the door.
In an instant, Alissa’s world was thrown into chaos. Forced to deal with unimaginable challenges, Alissa suddenly found herself cast into the role of “9/11 widow,” tossed into a storm of bureaucracy, politics, patriotism, mourning, consolation, and, soon enough, motherhood.
Beautifully and thoughtfully illustrated, American Widow is the affecting account of one woman’s journey through shock, pain, birth, and rebirth in the aftermath of a great tragedy. It is also the story of a young couple’s love affair: how a Colombian immigrant and a strong-minded New Yorker met, fell in love, and struggled to fulfill their dreams. Above all, American Widow is a tribute to the resilience of the human heart and the very personal story of how one woman endured a very public tragedy.
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