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Lädt ... When You Come Home (2008)von Nora Eisenberg
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. I was interested to read this book because the topic is a compelling one and one that I think is important for us as a responsible nation to address, but the book just fell short. The characters were shallow and uninteresting, their interactions felt forced and unrealistic, and so the story just never grabbed me. I really wanted to like this book, and I did finish it but I would not recommend it. ( )Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. I expected more from this book and author... I found the book very difficult to keep reading. The story was very slow paced. While it showed many of the problems faced by our returning vets I could not get wrapped up in the characters. The basis for the story is good, but the characters were definitely lacking. Not a book I would recommend to others, but not the worst thing I ever read either. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. "When You Come Home" grips you from the first page and does not let go.The book tells a sad and terrifying story of dysfunctional families, childhood grudges, government indifference, war and its effect on surviving soldiers and their loved ones. Yet its tone is uplifting. It is a book that does not gloss over pain and injustice, yet it will fill you with hope and make you believe that little acts of courage and kindness matter in the end. By the closing pages, nearly every character discovers that they are surrounded by those who love them and will lay down their life not to let them fall. The characters of Mimi, her son and adopted daughter and their friends are described in loving detail. It does not take long for the reader to feel that he really knows them and wants them to succeed. Especially Lily, a larger-than-life personality in such a small package. There were a few times when I wished the author had applied the same attention to detail when describing the characters' surroundings. For example, when Lily delivers a baby in Homer's hospital room and the author says simply "she cut the cord", my first question is "what with?" After all, hospitals do not usually provide surgical instruments for patients' use. But this does not really detract from the book. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. This was a VERY difficult book to get into. The writing was so dry, it was painful. The plot didn't move well, and the characters simply didn't get my interest. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who reads for enjoyment. Diese Rezension wurde für LibraryThing Early Reviewers geschrieben. Was interesting story but found myself having to read it. It seemed very dry to me. I like the author though she does write good books
When You Come Home by Nora Eisenberg is both a compassionate & political novel, depicting the story of Anthony Bravo, a brave marine reservist who returns home from the first Gulf War to face unforeseen realities that even his fearlessness in the dreadful streets of Iraq could not overcome. When he gets home, Lily Engels, an orphan that was raised in his home, quickly embraces him. At first, Tony is happy that the war is behind him, but the memories of what happened in the war & the impending illness he contacted still plague him, at times returning with a vengeance to his devastating mind.
"In 1991, troops sent to Iraq for the first Gulf War returned home with a litany of physical, neurological, and psychological symptoms that collectively became known as Gulf War syndrome. Eisenberg bravely sheds light on the resultant devastation suffered by one small group of friends and their families...In a story that is, sadly, as pertinent as it is ageless, Eisenberg poignantly demonstrates that casualties of war occur both on and off the battlefield and ironically illustrates the vivid consequences when those in charge of veterans' postwar care fail to meaningfully 'support our troops'"--Booklist When You Come Home is both a timeless love story and a timely political novel set in the year after the 1991 Gulf War. In the Gulf sands, surrounded by death and danger, marine reservist Anthony Bravo has thought only of Lily, the feisty orphan raised in his home, and when he comes home, their childhood affection flames into passionate love. Both have lost fathers to the Vietnam War, but now, safe and settled, they rejoice that war and loss are behind them at last. Or, so it seems. Soon Tony’s best friend, a career marine, suffers fevers and strange symptoms . . . Blending war and politics with a human story, When You Come Home takes up a topic rare in American fiction, the First Gulf War and Gulf War syndrome, the disabling illness that followed a third of the troops home. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
LibraryThing Early Reviewers-AutorNora Eisenbergs Buch When You Come Home wurde im Frührezensenten-Programm LibraryThing Early Reviewers angeboten. Aktuelle DiskussionenKeine
Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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