WHAT IS LIFE WORTH? The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11 KENNETH R. FEINBERG

"Mr. Feinberg offers a valuable first-person account of the 9/11 compensation fund and its workings. He makes clear, for the first time, exactly how peculiar the law governing the fund was, and the enormous difficulties, ethical and practical, that resulted from its ambiguous language and hastily written guidelines…The most engaging, emotionally rewarding pages in "What Is Life Worth?" describe his grueling efforts to make the seemingly inscrutable, arbitrary compensation process transparent and accessible by holding endless public meetings around the country and arranging private meetings, sometimes as many as a dozen a day, with victims and their families."
--The New York Times

"In heading the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, Ken Feinberg handled a mission unprecedented in American history. He did so with dedication, skill and very often requiring the wisdom of Solomon. Above all, Feinberg added compassion to a task that required both analytic ingenuity and careful deliberation. In this heart-wrenching book, Feinberg gracefully tells the story behind providing compensation to the families of September 11th victims, all the while aware that no amount of money can ever compensate for what was lost."
-- Rudolph W. Giuliani

"With its combination of a strong personality, undeniably compelling subject matter and a great title, this understated, passionate trek into the dismal science is likely to be a major surprise bestseller. Anything but macabre, it ends up, in its own way, celebrating life."
- Pubisher's Weekly