Kevin Powers author of The Yellow Birds

“In this powerful novel of the Iraq war, beautiful and poetic language is juxtaposed with brutal devastation. Terrified young American soldiers trying not to die and searching for something to live for, give voice to the loss and anguish of war. Told in short chapters alternating between the war and its aftermath, this is the story of the bonds of young men thrown together in crisis who remain a part of each other's lives for the duration of their own. Short, raw and visceral, this is one that stays with you.”Brown University Bookstore (Providence, RI)The Avid Reader Show is sponsored by Wellington Square Bookshop in Exton, PA. www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com