The Submission

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Call Number: Fiction
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Fiction	4-week checkout	Due 05-13-2024

"When a Muslim architect wins a blind contest to design a Ground Zero Memorial, a city of eleven million people takes notice. Waldman, a former bureau chief for the New York Times, explores a diversity of viewpoints around this fictional event, bringing in politicians, businessmen, journalists, activists, and normal people whose lives--whether by happenstance, choice, or even due to their country of origin--get caught up in the controversy. Incredibly, she manages to keep all the balls in the air without ever fumbling. The story is moving and keeps the pages turning, but there are also bigger themes at work: of individuals versus groups; about the purpose of art, commerce, government, and journalism in society; of how people respond to grief and terror. The result is honest, compelling, and breathtaking."--Chris Schluep, Amazon Best Book of the Month.

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Good submitted by Morgsush on August 22, 2011, 6:40pm This is a pretty good book.

So accurate submitted by edb.blanchard on August 14, 2018, 7:22pm This is fiction, but it could absolutely be non-fiction. It a true tale of something that did not happen, but absolutely could in this country.