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Here is a tale of family, community, love, and madness, as a woman who is both the daughter of a Vietnam veteran and wife of an Iraq veteran journeys to heal the heart-wounds of war. The Heart You Carry Home combines great storytelling with social questions that are both as current and as old as war.I read it in one sitting. Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn
Becca Keller is no stranger to the way war can change a man. Her Vietnam vet father, King, has been more out of her life than in. Her mother boycotts her wedding because Becca is repeating her mistakes yoking herself to a man just back from battle. And Ben is different after this second tour. Within days of the wedding he turns dangerous, and Becca runs to the only person she has left.
King, though, is heading West with his motorcycle buddies, out to a place they call Kleos. A mysterious desert compound ruled over by a guru-like commanding officer, it is a refuge for some soldiers, but proves to be the death of others. There, Becca is faced with the possibility that she may not know the real damage in her loved ones hearts.
Through one woman s fight for the men in her life, The Heart You Carry Homelays barethe violence soldiers bring home, mines the trials of generations of American families to find hope for the next, and offers lessons on the limits and limitlessness of love.
The Heart You Carry Homeisa story about fathers and daughters, and how the legacy of war not only breaks families apart, but can pull them back together. Joanna Smith Rakoff, author of My Salinger Year
This book packs an honest punch. A testimony to love s ultimate ability to heal even our most hidden wounds. Sarah McCoy, New York Timesbest-selling authorofThe Baker s Daughter
A powerhouse of a novel [that] cuts right to the heart. David Abrams, author of Fobbit
JENNIFER MILLER s reporting on vets for the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor inspired this novel. She writes for the Washington Post Magazine and Marie Claire, among others. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn.
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Detalles
- Título The Heart You Carry Home
- Autor Jennifer Miller
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Número de edición 1st
- Edición 1
- Páginas 320
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Mariner Books
- Fecha de publicación 2015-11-03
- ISBN 9780544300552 / 0544300556
- Peso 0.55 libras (0.25 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.8 pulgadas (21.08 x 14.48 x 2.03 cm)
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Temas
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Fathers and daughters, Veterans
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2015007140
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Reseñas en medios
Citas
- Booklist, 10/15/2015, Page 16
- Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2015, Page 0
- Library Journal, 10/15/2015, Page 83
- Publishers Weekly, 11/09/2015, Page 0
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