![]() ![]() ![]() The morning of the outbreak, Ellie got in an argument with her boyfriend, Noah, and was so mad and slightly over dramatic that she ditched school to go brood in a lighthouse (Yes, there’s a lighthouse in the middle of tornado territory. ![]() Ellie lives in the small Ohio town of Newfoundland that was half destroyed by an “outbreak” of tornadoes. These are the words of the therapist of Ellie Frame, tornado survivor, in the book The Gone Away Place by Christopher Barzak. And though she’d survived, she didn’t understand that the sword had cut a wound deep inside her as well, in the most sacred of spaces, and where, unless we could help her, it would fester for a long time.” () She’d survived when Death came on dark wings and slid his sword through the earth around her. She couldn’t articulate her problem in those words, but after two decades of treating people who’ve suffered sudden catastrophic loss, I find it easy to recognize the signs. “The girl who sat slumped over in the folding metal chair in front of me wasn’t sure if she wanted to live or die. ![]()
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