As with any friendship, each partner fulfills a certain
need. Whether she is the one to make you laugh or maybe
during the hard times, the one who enables you to see the
light at the end of the tunnel, no two friends are the
same. For these four strangers, their need to be together
goes way beyond just girlfriends grabbing a quick drink
after work. All four have lost their beloved in the
September 11th tragedy and are left to pick up the pieces
of what could-have-been had the unthinkable never
happened.
Claudia Gerbasi, the driving force behind this unlikely
union, uses her wisdom and determination to overcome what
fate has dealt and gracefully guides the ladies along a
journey of acceptance and healing. As each woman tells her
tale, the others find solace in the fact that they, too,
are struggling with the same demons. As the country came
under attack, these terrified women were forced into a war
zone like no other; an emotional nightmare. Each with
circumstances more devastating than the next, the support
they ultimately provide for one another becomes the
catalyst enabling them to move forward and learn how to
love again.
LOVE YOU, MEAN IT is a powerful non-fictional account
written by four
courageous women who watched in horror as their husbands'
lives were tragically ended in the rubble of the Twin
Towers. As the reader relives that day and the few years
that follow through their eyes, the magnitude of their
loss is at times heartbreaking. Eloquently written, the
women leave no stone unturned. As they literally scrape
themselves off the floor and try to live a normal life
again, the reader becomes so engrossed in their stories
desperately hoping that each woman will eventually find
the inner strength to survive. Poignant, well-written, and
inspirational! This novel will be talked about for years
to come.
At a time of great loss, nothing heals like the power
of friendship
Time heals all wounds, they say. But
when your husband dies suddenly, on a glorious sunny day
when all he did was go to work, it takes more than the
passage of time to get you through. It takes the love and
support of women who are exactly where you are -- and when
you’re lucky enough to find them, you cling to each other
until you’re strong enough to stand on your own. The truths
you discover in the process are universal, compelling, and
altogether inspiring.
That was the lesson learned by
Pattie Carrington, Julia Collins, Claudia Gerbasi, and Ann
Haynes, four thirty-something women whose husbands worked at
the World Trade Center. Before September 11, 2001, they
didn’t know each other, but in the months following that
horrible day they came together, drawn as much by their
diverse backgrounds as their shared tragedy. At their very
first meeting, the foursome realized their bond was too
special to ignore, and in no time their Widows’ Club had
cemented into a source of hope and, soon, love that saw them
through their darkest hours, and forward. They took to
signing off emails and phone conversations with a
lighthearted phrase: Love You, Mean It. "Feeling this love
for one another meant our hearts were beginning to open
again. It was a risk -- love brought with it the
ever-present possibility of loss. But this was a risk worth
taking. More than ever, we understood how important it was
to put love at the center of our lives."
A
celebration of friendship, optimism, and empathy, Love
You, Mean It is a shared memoir of rebuilt lives. It
will offer hope to anyone who has suffered a loss, and
exhilarate readers from coast to coast.
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