When Normal Blew Up by Joni Foster
the full title is When Normal Blew Up: The Story of the People Who Died and the People Who Lived On
from amazon;
In 1967, in the small town of Circleville, Ohio, a man walked into an old-fashioned drug store on a busy Saturday and laid a smoking package on the pharmacy counter in the back. He shouted for everyone to leave, he had a bomb.
Five people died that day and the mystery surrounding this event was never fully solved until 50 years later, Joni Foster went looking for the details. Over nine months, she would interview first responders and survivors to hear stories about what happened and how they and the town moved forward. The event was so shocking, many of those closest to the event had never spoken about their trauma, even to their own families.
The story is a tragedy, a history lesson on the slow, painful emancipation of women, and ultimately a love story to the families trying to live normal lives.
an interesting look at a tragedy in a small town.
the author (a child of one of the victims) does a good job of detailing the before, during and after of what she calls the event, and trying to dissect the motivation behind it.
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from amazon;
In 1967, in the small town of Circleville, Ohio, a man walked into an old-fashioned drug store on a busy Saturday and laid a smoking package on the pharmacy counter in the back. He shouted for everyone to leave, he had a bomb.
Five people died that day and the mystery surrounding this event was never fully solved until 50 years later, Joni Foster went looking for the details. Over nine months, she would interview first responders and survivors to hear stories about what happened and how they and the town moved forward. The event was so shocking, many of those closest to the event had never spoken about their trauma, even to their own families.
The story is a tragedy, a history lesson on the slow, painful emancipation of women, and ultimately a love story to the families trying to live normal lives.
an interesting look at a tragedy in a small town.
the author (a child of one of the victims) does a good job of detailing the before, during and after of what she calls the event, and trying to dissect the motivation behind it.
This entry was originally posted at https://archersangel.dreamwidth.org/294122.html. Please comment there using OpenID.