Held in the Light: Norman Morrison's Sacrifice for Peace and His Family's Journey of Healing

Held in the Light: Norman Morrison's Sacrifice for Peace and His Family's Journey of Healing by Welsh, Anne Morrison. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781570758027.

One day in November 1965, Norman Morrison, a devout Quaker, immolated himself on the steps of the Pentagon as a protest against the Vietnam War. It was a terrible and defining moment of an era, one that marked the lives of many people - not least Morrisons own family, who were left struggling to understand his action and to pick up the pieces of their lives. This searing memoir by his widow, Anne Morrison Welsh, recounts Normans story as well as her own journey, over a lifetime, to find acceptance, forgiveness, and recovery from lifes wounds. While many were appalled by Morrisons action, others were deeply affected - among them, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, who later described Morrisons death as one of the critical turning points in his life. Decades later, on a pilgrimage to Vietnam, Anne and her children completed a circle that brought them to terms, in a new way, with the mystery and meaning of that day in November.