Saying she wanted to document “how a community moves forward,” freelance writer and
communications consultant Sharon Cohen has self-published “Newtown: Moving Forward, A Community Faces the Future After Adversity.”
The book describes all of the 75 organizations that were created after the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook tragedy.
Her hope is the book will encourage inter-agency cooperation.
“Encouraging people to get help for mental illness is my passion,” the author said.
The tragedy has “impacted everyone in Newtown. Trauma is difficult…,” she said.
“One day you’re fine and the next day you’re not.”