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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Eskens, Allen, 1963-     Subjects     Veterans -- Fiction.     Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.     College students -- Fiction.     Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Fiction     Minnesota -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Eskens, Allen, 1963-       by title:      The life we bury / A...         MARC Display

The life we bury / Allen Eskens. by Eskens, Allen, 1963- Amherst, NY : Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books, 2014. Subjects Veterans -- Fiction.   Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.   College students -- Fiction.   Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- Fiction   Minnesota -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781616149987 (paperback) 1616149981 (paperback) Description:  303 pages ; 21 cm Requests:  1 Summary:  "College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Iverson is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl's conviction. But by the time Joe discovers the truth, it is too late to escape the fallout"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status Due Date   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Fiction Eskens   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hana P/S Library Adult Fiction Eskens   Checked out 07/09/2024 Add Copy to MyList Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Mystery Eskens   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Adult Fiction Eskens   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Mystery Eskens [Mystery] Item being held   Add Copy to MyList Kalihi-Palama Public Library Adult Fiction Eskens   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kapaa Public Library Adult Mystery Eskens   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Fiction Eskens   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Molokai Public Library Adult Fiction Eskens   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList North Kohala Public Library Adult Fiction Eskens   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList More Results: 1 2 Next

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