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Reader reviewed by Gaille

Thanks to Sarah Ban Breathnach, I am reading Children's Books. I say children's books as I am a 54 year old Canadian Woman. I have read other books about this great tragedy but Mary Jane's book really opened my eyes of immigrant life. Not all people where accepted by Customs and the decsions that had to be made within the families could be horrendous. Who stays and who goes.

Mary Jane not only wrote about the tragedy but the back ground of the people who worked in the sweat shop. Her research was imppeccable. She made us care about the people. In the final pages of her story, she writes about the fire and the trauma the women went through. And later the families trying to recover/discover the remains of their loved ones.

I can see why she dedicated the book to the tragedy of 2001. So many similarities!

Bravo Mary Jane!