Today All We Have Left

Wendy Mills tells two connected stories shaped by the terrorist attacks in New York. Alia is inside the World Trade Center when the attacks begin, while Jesse grows up with the loss of her older brother and a father whose anger and grief affect family life. When Jesse makes a hate-fueled choice, the consequences bring the past into the present. The novel moves between the two girls as it considers memory, loss, love, and the possibility of hope after violence.