Shana Rosenblatt Mauer

A Novel Set on –– but Not Quite About –– September 11

The Days of Awe By Hugh Nissenson Sourcebooks, 320 pages, $18. — Hugh Nissenson is not the kind of writer who publishes a book a year. He doesn’t even publish one per decade. But when Nissenson does commit ink to page, he always engages the big issues. He’s ever ready to examine different pockets of…