‘Finding Meaning After Terror’

TUXEDO PARK — The Authors’ Circle at the Tuxedo Park Library will present Esad Boskailo, the author of “Wounded I Am More Awake: Finding Meaning After Terror,” this coming Sunday, Jan. 27, beginning at 3 p.m.

“Wounded I Am More Awake” follows the story of Boskailo, a doctor who survives six concentration camps in Bosnia. Human rights journalist Julia Lieblich takes the reader through Boskailo’s early years under Tito to the wars when friends turned on friends. She documents his experiences in the camps, where the men he once joined for coffee murder his best friend from childhood.

According to a synopsis on Amazon.com, “This gripping account raises questions for healers, survivors and readers striving to understand the reality of war and the aftermath of terror. Is it possible to find meaning after enduring crimes against humanity? Can people heal after trauma?”

A review in The Chicago Tribune offered this: “‘Wounded I Am More Awake’ is a clear-eyed gem of a memoir with a message far beyond one man’s experience. It tells Boskailo’s story artfully. Above all, Boskailo’s courage and empathy help us imagine how it is possible to transcend the worst sufferings one human can impose on another.”

Essential information
To view a television interview with Boskailo, go to: http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2012/08/07/wounded-i-am-more-awake-finding-meaning-after-terror.

The library is located at 227 Route 17 in Tuxedo Park.

For more information, call 845-351-2207 or visit online at www.tuxedoparklibrary.org.