978-1-57075-802-7 Held in the Light Norman Morrison's Sacrifice for Peace and His Family's Journey of Healing
by
Anne Morrison Welsh, Joyce Hollyday
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A poignant and haunting story about war and its many victims, about conscience and faith, about suffering, healing, and the quest for peace.
"I believe that Norman Morrison lit a fire and gave himself away in order to shine a light for the rest of us. To make it impossible for us to close our eyes or avert them from the hard truths of war. To show us a different path..."
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 Morrison's own family, who were left struggling to understand his action and to pick up the pieces of their lives. In this moving memoir by his widow, Anne Morrison Welsh recounts Norman's story as well as her own journey, over a lifetime, to find acceptance, forgiveness, and recovery from life's wounds. While many were appalled by Morrison's action, others were deeply affected--among them, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, who later described Morrison's 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.
"This book is a work of peace--in which may Norman rest."--James Carroll, author, House of War
Anne Morrison Welsh has been active in peace work for more than four decades. After her husband's death, she served on the National Peace Education Committee of the American Friends Service Committee. She is currently a freelance journalist in North Carolina.
Joyce Hollyday served for fifteen years as an associate editor for Sojourners magazine. An ordained pastor in the United Church of Christ, she is the author of several books, including On the Heels of Freedom.
