Love You, Mean it - Tapa dura

How would you feel and what would you do if, one glorious, sunny day your partner and love were to die suddenly, when all he did was go to work and you didn't even wake up properly to say goodbye? How could you possibly cope?

In Love You, Mean It, four women whose husbands died in the World Trade Center tell their own, very remarkable, moving and honest stories, the stories of their very different marriages, the paths that led them to September 11th.

They explain how it was only when they came together, drawn as much by their diverse backgrounds as their shared tragedy, that their mutual support and love saw them through their darkest hours. The truths they discovered in the process are universal, compelling and altogether inspiring.

Patricia Carrington married Jeremy “Caz” Carrington in 2000. She is a managing director at Deutsche Asset Management and lives in Brooklyn with her dog, Lola.

Julia Collins married Tom Collins in 2000. She works for the National Football League in their consumer products division, and lives in Manhattan.

Claudia Gerbasi married Bart Ruggiere in 2000. She is a sales director for Cole Haan and lives with her current husband, John Donovan, in downtown Manhattan.

Ann Haynes married Ward Haynes in 1994. She recently stopped working as a financial planner in order to devote more time to her three children at their home in Rye, New York.