"In February 2001, on what started out as a typical Sunday afternoon, Donald Morrill and his wife Lisa Birnbaum became the victims of a home invasion and found themselves faced with the specter of ultimate contingency. In The Untouched Minutes, Morrill recounts and examines the events of that day and its aftermath as well as the circumstances surrounding the murders of Dartmouth professors Half and Suzanne Zantop, which occurred the same week." "Set against the unfolding drama of post-9/11 America, The Untouched Minutes explores how violence and the threat of violence color and recast one's assumptions and can plot the course of people facing the unknown, the unknowable, the irredeemable. Morrill presents a memorable portrait of what it means to take back the life that, finally, wasn't taken, and in the process he offers a powerful meditation on terror and security, home and travel, art, race, luck, and our individual places in the wider world."--BOOK JACKET.
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JSTOR
22573/ctt1dnnd42
Untouched minutes.
0803232381
Morrill, Donald,1955-
Morrill, Donald,1955-
Morrill, Donald,1955-
Authors, American-- 20th century, Biography.
English teachers-- United States, Biography.
Victims of crimes-- Florida-- Tampa.
Authors, American.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
English teachers.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.