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It's my favorite Wednesday of the month! Community Book Club at @firstdraftbookbar and @changinghands
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Harrowing and heartbreaking. Van Reet takes an unflinching look at war and it's impact on both sides. No side is all good or all bad and there are those on both sides that believe all action is justified and those on both sides that believe none of the action is justified. This one gives you a lot to think about.

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Stating a new book tonight!

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#bookmark from Goldsboro. Really looking forward to this one. It's about the Iraq war and the author used to be in the army so it should be credible.

Wow. This is a fearlessly honest examination of the causes and costs of the US invasion of Iraq, in all of its absurd and complexly violent hypocrisy. In elegant and haunting prose, Van Reet contemplates the possibility for justice and moral action on all sides of the conflict, and what such things would've looked like. I was particularly struck by the compassion and insight with which he narrates Cassandra's experience. An excellent novel.

Evening reading. 🔥

I highly recommend this for anyone who has yet to venture into any literature on the Iraq war.

This will haunt you and make you more aware of the cost both physical, emotionally and mentally that our troops go through. As a Navy wife the dangers are all too real, but I'm thankful everyday for every man and woman who protects our country. I'd also like to thank the author Brian Van Reet for his service. 🇺🇸
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"Death by micromanagement" or as my husband (who's in the navy) says "hurry up and wait".