tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29957666754414183122024-03-05T03:44:08.712-08:00Reaching: A Vietnam War NovelBeth Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12682622561621269515noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995766675441418312.post-33280869492959798272015-10-24T19:40:00.004-07:002015-11-24T19:16:38.114-08:00<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">In the spring of 1967, Hal Patsin receives his draft notice as the Vietnam War escalates. He plans to register as a conscientious objector – until his father says, “I’ve never asked for anything, Patty, but now I ask this: Serve your country.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Determined not to fire his weapon, Patty becomes a first line grunt and is sent to a combat zone during the Tet Offensive. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nothing has prepared him for the reality of the missions ahead with his unit or the friends he would make in the heat of battle – Mac, Italy, Doc, and Timmy. Patty’s ideals are peeled away as he becomes a soldier intent on survival and on protecting the men of his unit.</span><br style="font-size: x-large;" /><br style="font-size: x-large;" /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>REACHING</b></i> presents the horror and absurdity of war in direct, intense prose. The characters spring to life, each with flaws. Humor and tragedy shape the transformation of all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">and at <a href="http://www.auntiesbooks.com/">Auntie's Bookstore</a> in Spokane</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">ISBN: ISBN-13: 978-1500489632 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ISBN-10:1500489638 </span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><b>EARLY READER REVIEW: </b><br /><br />"REACHING is a compelling soldier's tale that reads as true as a memoir. Dorfman deftly captures the brutality of war, the essence of the times, and the moral struggle America faced both on an individual and a collective level. I dare you to read this and not be moved!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">-<a href="http://www.frankzafiro.com/">Frank</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.frankzafiro.com/"> Zafiro</a>, author of the River City novels</span></span><br />
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