The Birdhouse Man: A Vietnam War Veteran’s Story - Couverture souple

DeStefanis, Rick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1733183353 ISBN 13 : 9781733183352

Editeur : Rick DeStefanis, 2020

Synopsis

They laughed at the old man selling birdhouses—until Claire Cunningham discovered the story he had kept buried for fifty years.

At seventy-three, Vietnam veteran Sam Walker has learned to live with memories best left undisturbed. But when journalism student Claire Cunningham asks to interview him for her thesis, Sam agrees to tell her what war was really like—without excuses, embellishment, or apology.

As Sam takes Claire back to Vietnam and the young soldier he once was, long-guarded memories begin to surface. Combat. Brotherhood. Loss. The choices a man makes when survival is never guaranteed.

But Sam soon realizes he isn’t the only one carrying a painful past.

Claire’s interest in him goes far beyond academic research, and behind her questions are losses and unanswered questions of her own. As their unlikely friendship deepens, two lonely people separated by generations discover an unexpected bond—and the possibility that confronting the past together may finally bring each of them the closure they have been unable to find alone.

Moving between the battlefields of Vietnam and the mountains of North Carolina, The Birdhouse Man is a poignant story of war and its aftermath, grief and memory, unexpected family, and the healing power of human connection.

Because some wounds can remain hidden for a lifetime—and sometimes healing begins with finally telling the story.

Winner of the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for Historical Fiction.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rick DeStefanis is an award-winning author of historical novels set during the Vietnam War, Western historical, and Southern literary fiction. A former 82nd Airborne paratrooper, Rick brings uncommon authenticity, emotional depth, and lived experience to stories shaped by war, memory, loyalty, and the American South. He's the author of fourteen novels and the recipient of four literary awards, but he's just as likely to talk about Alabama football, nature photography, black coffee, straight bourbon, or the rabbits currently trying to claim his Mississippi garden. Roll Tide.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rick DeStefanis
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1733183353
• ISBN 13: 9781733183352
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 360
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