Resurrecting Paul
By P. E. Blais
PublishAmerica, Inc. - May 2002
ISBN: 1591292808 - Paperback
Nonfiction / Memoir

Reviewed by Nancy Marie, MyShelf.Com
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It begins as a parent's worse nightmare, and then only gets worse. Your son's Air Force base is the target of a terrorist attack. No information about your son is available. Finally you are told he is listed as missing. There are eight young Air Force men listed as missing, and eight unidentified bodies. It is a simple math problem, eight missing + eight unidentified bodies = your son must be dead and among the unidentified; bodies so mangled by the bomb that visual identification is impossible. Finally, all eight bodies are identified and your son is not one of them. Where is he? Is he still alive? Is he dead? Is he not there at all? Where is he?

When Paul Blais' questions are finally answered, the answer he receives only continues the nightmare. A nightmare that will last the rest of his life and his son's. For Paul Blais II was finally identified in the hospital, in a five-week coma. When Paul finally awakens, he faces years of recovery and rehabilitation. Years of little successes and setbacks as he relearns the simplest tasks, such as sipping water without choking, talking, smiling, and walking. Years of fighting the anger and the depression that results from the frustrations of having his future, his life, taken from him by a senseless act of cowardice.

Resurrecting Paul: Why Terrorism Can't Win is a non-fiction retelling of a terrorist attack that forever changed Paul Blais' life and the life of his son. Written with honesty, openness, and simplicity, it will at times move the reader to tears, and at other times to anger at the brutality and senselessness of such acts of terrorism.

Beyond the emotions this book elicits, it also gives an understanding of the pain, both physical and emotional, that survivors of terrorism experience. If you have ever entertained any thoughts about terrorism being somebody else's problem, this book will change your mind.

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Nancy Marie is the author of "When You Wish Upon A Star."

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