{"product_id":"like-a-wary-blessing-paperback","title":"Like a Wary Blessing - 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\u003eMichael Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e These stories address ways that war alters lives in ways that persist long after the last firefight or strafing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \"Night Mission,\" two Marines who scan aerial photography make an appalling discovery about the targets they have identified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Cadence Count\" follows two Army draftees, one white and one Black, through weeks of basic training that turn surreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \"Papa-san's Private War,\" a Vietnamese peasant seeks revenge after an obtuse lieutenant refuses to compensate him for the water buffalo the troops at a firebase have killed by mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \"The Inland Sea,\" the narrator searches in his history as the grandson of an educator and the cousin of a military officer for clues to his own decision to marry the wrong woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Harry and the Ugly Rug\" traces the descent of Harry Waters from his service as a fighter pilot in Korea, where he strafed fleeing civilians, to his retirement near an American air base in Germany, where his guilt fuels delusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \"Dawn Call,\" an Air Force veteran who teaches English in Saudi Arabia takes a predawn jog in Riyadh. He flings epithets like \"Your Emptiness\" at God for causing the death by suicide of a close friend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54052569350451,"sku":"9781613095492","price":28.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/gMGWClXPHt9781613095492.webp?v=1789007923","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/like-a-wary-blessing-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}