After the Fire, Robin Gaby Fisher
After the Fire, Robin Gaby Fisher
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After the Fire
A True Story of Friendship and Survival

Author: Robin Gaby Fisher

Narrator: Richard Powers

Unabridged: 6 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/25/2008

Synopsis

On January 19, 2000, a fire raged through the freshman dormitory at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, killing three students and injuring fifty-eight others. Among the victims were Shawn Simons and Alvaro Llanos, roommates from poor neighborhoods who made their families proud by getting into college. They managed to escape the fire, but both were burned terribly.After the Fire is the story of these young men and their fight to recover from the worst injuries the Saint Barnabas Hospital burn unit had ever seen. It is the story of the extraordinary doctors and nurses who work with the burned, of the mothers and fathers, of faith and family, of the women who came to love these men, and of the invisible ties that bind us to one another.

About Robin Gaby Fisher

Robin Gaby Fisher is the New York Times bestselling author of several nonfiction books and a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing.

About Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory, and Bewilderment was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anna on June 02, 2016

A quick read, but horrifying and infuriating. In January of 2000, two students at Seton Hall University in New Jersey started a fire in a dorm that killed three students and injured 58. This book follows the recovery of two of the worst burned. The author goes into a lot of detail about the treatmen......more

Goodreads review by Coco on August 22, 2009

I really don't know why I didn't love this book. The other reviews are glowing and the story is certainly captivating, but for some reason, it just didn't grab me. It seemed like a surface reporting of the facts and didn't really delve down into the raw emotions. The characters were very black and w......more

Goodreads review by adri♡ on March 12, 2022

Touching story, these men came to my school and they are just wonderful souls. I just wish the book read a little less like an article.......more

Goodreads review by Britni on June 18, 2011

There are times in each of our lives that we'll never forget. The moment you found out about planes crashing into the World Trade Center, the day Princess Diana died, etc. The moments that you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing. After the Fire is about one of those moments for s......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey on July 23, 2008

After the Fire: A True Story of Friendship and Survival In January of 2000, a fire spread throughout the freshman dorm at Seton Hall, killing three and burning scores of others. This book follows the recovery and turmoil caused to two roommates that were burned in that fire. The Boland Hall fire was......more

Quotes

“Unimaginably moving—readers will want to keep a box of tissues at hand—and deeply compassionate.” People

“Fisher conveys a deep respect and compassion for all involved…She succeeds in making what might have been yesterday’s news into today’s inspiration.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A riveting and intimate read. That these two men survived is almost a miracle. That Fisher was there to document it is our good fortune.” Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Keep some Kleenex handy.” Rocky Mountain News

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