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Simon and Schuster
September 2005
432 pages
ISBN: 0743246241
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Marian Fontana

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On September 11, I dropped my son off at his second full day of kindergarten. The sky was so blue it looked as if it had been ironed. I crossed the street, ordered coffee, and sat to wait for my husband to meet me. It was our eighth wedding anniversary and Dave and I were about to begin a new chapter in our seventeen years together. Sipping coffee, I watched as a line of thick black smoke crept across the sky from Manhattan, oblivious to the fact that my life was about to change forever.

On September 11, 2001, Marian Fontana lost her husband,
Dave, a firefighter from the elite Squad 1 in Brooklyn, in
the World Trade Center attack. A Widow's Walk begins that
fateful morning, when Marian, a playwright and comedienne,
became a widow, a single mother, and an unlikely activist.

Two weeks after 9/11, the city attempted to close Squad 1,
which had suffered the loss of twelve men. Known for her
feisty spirit and passionate loyalty, Marian, who was still
reeling from her profound loss, began to mobilize the
neighborhood to keep the firehouse open. From this unlikely
platform the 9/11 Widows and Victims' Families Association
grew. Over the next twelve months, Marian struggled with
the tragedy's endless ripple effects, from the minute and
deeply personal -- she wonders who will play Star Wars with
her son, Aidan, and carry him on his shoulders -- to the
political. She works to get families and widows necessary
information about the recovery effort and attends private
meetings with Governor Pataki, Mayor Giuliani, Senator
Clinton, and Mayor Bloomberg.

Through it all, Marian's irrepressible humor is her best
armor and evidence of her buoyant strength. Written with
great heart and humanity, A Widow's Walk is a timely
opportunity for remembrance and a timeless testament to
love's loss and the resilience of the human spirit.