1973, ISBN: 1583228845

In the decades since the end of the Vietnam War, American writers of all stripes have staked out that cataclysmic conflict as a subject for literature. Tim O'Brien, Michael Herr, Ron Kovi… More...

In the decades since the end of the Vietnam War, American writers of all stripes have staked out that cataclysmic conflict as a subject for literature. Tim O'Brien, Michael Herr, Ron Kovic, David Rabe--the list of authors who have rendered men and war is long and impressive; the fact that there's nary a woman among them is perhaps not surprising, as combat is, for the most part, a male activity. But men weren't the only ones affected by Vietnam--for every soldier in a rice paddy, there was a mother, a sister, a lover back home; when their men came back changed by the experience of war, life changed for the women, as well. In her impressive debut novel, Beverly Gologorsky skillfully depicts the lives of three returned veterans and the women who love them. The story begins in 1973, shortly after Rooster, Frankie, Nick, Sean, Rod, and Jason return home from Vietnam, and it's obvious something's not quite right. Waiting for his girlfriend, Millie, to dress for a party, Rooster can't sit still. He counts twenty-two steps from the bedroom door to the end of the living room.... She doesn't like him barging in while she's dressing. She says that he's got to give her some privacy. Soon there'll be thunder, lightning. He begins snapping his fingers. Twenty-two steps. He turns, fixes his eyes on the door. Twenty-two steps. Hey, baby, anchors need to be close to their boats. All of the men in Gologorsky's book are damaged goods and all the women do their be contemporary,domestic life,fiction,genre fiction,historical,history,literary,literature and fiction,military,mystery thriller and suspense Thrillers, Seven Stories Press<

2009, ISBN: 9781583228845

Seven Stories Press, Paperback, 226 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-09-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.19 kg, Verkaufsrang: 5252702, Military, Historical, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fictio… More...

Seven Stories Press, Paperback, 226 Seiten, Publiziert: 2009-09-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.19 kg, Verkaufsrang: 5252702, Military, Historical, Genre Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Subjects, Books, War, Family Life, United States, Contemporary, Literary, Holiday Books, Special Features Stores, Seven Stories Press, 2009<