{"product_id":"the-heart-you-carry-home-paperback","title":"The Heart You Carry Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel about surviving on the home front, fathers and daughters, and the limits and limitlessness of love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 making the same mistakes she did--yoking herself to a man just back from battle. And Ben is different after his second tour. Within days of the wedding he turns dangerous, and Becca runs to the only person she has left. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKing, 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 might be the death of others. There, Becca will be faced with the possibility that she may not know the real damage in her loved ones' hearts. In finally seeing her father's demons, she might just be able to start with her husband on their own journey back to peace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heart You Carry Home \u003c\/i\u003elays bare the violence soldiers bring home, as one woman fights for the men in her life who have been scarred by different wars in disturbingly similar ways. It \"combines great storytelling with social questions that are both as current and as old as war\" (Karl Marlantes). And it mines the trials of generations of American families to find hope for the next.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 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.\u003ci\u003e The Heart You Carry Home\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003ci\u003e Matterhorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through one woman s fight for the men in her life, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart You Carry Home\u003c\/i\u003elays 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Heart You Carry Home\u003c\/i\u003eisa 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 \u003ci\u003eMy Salinger Year \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This book packs an honest punch. A testimony to love s ultimate ability to heal even our most hidden wounds. Sarah McCoy, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling authorof\u003ci\u003eThe Baker s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A powerhouse of a novel [that] cuts right to the heart. David Abrams, author of \u003ci\u003eFobbit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e JENNIFER MILLER s reporting on vets for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e inspired this novel. She writes for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire, \u003c\/i\u003eamong others. She teaches at Columbia University and lives in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52747780981043,"sku":"9780544300552","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/twhCjf3QIG9780544300552.webp?v=1764230251","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-heart-you-carry-home-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}