Matthew Quick
The Reason You're Alive
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'Dark, funny, and surprisingly tender' Publishers WeeklyWhen sixty-eight-year-old Vietnam War veteran David Granger wakes up from emergency surgery, he finds himself repeating a name: Clayton Fire Bear, a soldier from whom he stole something long ago. And now, David knows he must make amends. It might be the only way to find happiness in a world increasingly at odds with the one he served to protect, and it might also help him recover from the loss of the wife he grieves for every day.Motivated by his adoring young granddaughter, Ella, David sets out to confront his past in order to salvage his present. Grumpy and argumentative he may be, but…
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'Dark, funny, and surprisingly tender' Publishers WeeklyWhen sixty-eight-year-old Vietnam War veteran David Granger wakes up from emergency surgery, he finds himself repeating a name: Clayton Fire Bear, a soldier from whom he stole something long ago. And now, David knows he must make amends. It might be the only way to find happiness in a world increasingly at odds with the one he served to protect, and it might also help him recover from the loss of the wife he grieves for every day.Motivated by his adoring young granddaughter, Ella, David sets out to confront his past in order to salvage his present. Grumpy and argumentative he may be, but ultimately The Reason You're Alive challenges us to look beyond our own prejudices and search for the good in others.'A valuable addition to fiction about the tangled aftereffects of Vietnam on soldiers in the field' Kirkus'Poignant and uproarious . . . a novel that thrums with energy' Star Tribune
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-5098-4078-6
- EAN: 9781509840786
- Produktnummer: 23763782
- Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
- Masse: H19.6 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.2 cm 174 g
- Gewicht: 174
Über den Autor
Matthew Quick is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels, including The Silver Linings Playbook, which was made into an Oscar-winning film, The Good Luck of Right Now, and Love May Fail. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages and has received a PEN/Hemingway Award Honorable Mention. Matthew lives with his wife on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
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