How Can You Mend This Purple Heart: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1497651905 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gould draws on his experiences in a military hospital with severely wounded Marines recovering from the Vietnam War. L. He has created a plain-truth, no-holds-barred narrative, stark in its simplicity, detail, and humor. And it’s about their struggle to be whole again—or at the very least, to feel whole. Winner of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s James Webb Award for distinguished fiction In this riveting first novel, author T. But most of all, a journey of the human spirit and its triumph over the most impossible odds. How Can You Mend This Purple Heart is a tribute to all the combat-wounded veterans of past and present conflicts. and a journey of hope. May they find the strength to continue their lives’ missions and know that the entire nation is grateful for their sacrifices.. From dressing changes and morphine drips to off-site forays under a fence and into neighborhood bars and brothels, Gould chronicles the precipitous journey to recovery of the men of Ward 2B: how they learned to walk again, to love again, and to triumph over crippling injuries. It chronicles a journey of love, redemption, sorrow, and joy; a journey of pain and anger . . . How Can You Mend This Purple Heart is not a story about combat in the jungles of Vietnam. It is a story about boys who returned from combat as men—men who left the better part of their youth, a bit of their souls
Del Vecchio, author of The 13th Valley. “This is a veterans’ story, an inspiring story, a story of brotherhood and love growing from the horrific ground of traumatic injuries and combat-shattered bodies. It’s like climbing a 10-klick hill with a 100-pound ruck in 100-degree heat every day for years. Via Terry Gould’s story we feel the weight, the pain, the effort; and we are awed by the will to overcome.” —John M. Healing isn’t quick
Five Stars Jim Lockwood True life after Vietnam, for the wounded !. Gary L. Bain said This book helped mend mine!. It would be difficult to say any more than what the great reviews have already said. However, While flying a Marine Corps FThis book helped mend mine! Gary L. Bain It would be difficult to say any more than what the great reviews have already said. However, While flying a Marine Corps F4 Phantom I was shot down in Laos in 1969 and received multiple injuries after a high speed ejection. After a horrendous 3 hour ordeal th. Phantom I was shot down in Laos in 1969 and received multiple injuries after a high speed ejection. After a horrendous This book helped mend mine! It would be difficult to say any more than what the great reviews have already said. However, While flying a Marine Corps FThis book helped mend mine! Gary L. Bain It would be difficult to say any more than what the great reviews have already said. However, While flying a Marine Corps F4 Phantom I was shot down in Laos in 1969 and received multiple injuries after a high speed ejection. After a horrendous 3 hour ordeal th. Phantom I was shot down in Laos in 1969 and received multiple injuries after a high speed ejection. After a horrendous 3 hour ordeal th. hour ordeal th. C. Garcia said Unexpected. I wasn't sure this book would be for me. I assumed it was a war story of some sort. While I am deeply appreciative of the sacrifices of the men and women of our armed services, I don't usually relish reading firsthand graphic accounts of battlefield tragedy an