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Waiting for Eden
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ISBN: 1101971568
Author: Ackerman, Elliot
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Patiently, and unflinchingly, Ackerman is becoming one of the great poet laureates of Americas tragic adventurism across the globe. -Pico IyerEden lies in a hospital bed, unable to move or speak. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his room. We see them through the eyes of Edens best friend, a fellow Marine who didnt make it back home-and who must relive the secrets held between all three of them as he waits for Eden to finally, mercifully die and join him in whatever comes after.A breathtakingly spare and shattering novel that explores the unseen aftereffects-and unacknowledged casualties-of war, Waiting for Eden is a piercingly insightful, deeply felt meditation on loyalty, friendship, betrayal, and love.The Tim OBrien of our era. -VogueDevastating. -The Wall Street JournalHaunting. . . . Daring. -The Boston GlobeHeart-wrenching. -NPR
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