Remembrance Day
- ISBN-10
- 1460245881
- ISBN-13
- 9781460245880
- Series
- Remembrance Day
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-08-29
- Publisher
- FriesenPress
- Author
- Brad Thomas Batten
Description
"I was tired of the violence it takes to become a man." In Remembrance Day, Jonathan Savage recounts his memories of growing up under the shadow of wars fought and carried home by his father and grandfather. He struggles against a history long past that punish generations of a family. While his brother finds refuge in the bottle, Jonathan fights a solitary battle against guilt, blame, and betrayal. He shares his memories with his infant son while sitting quietly by a lake. "We tell stories because the soul depends on them," he says. The story is a journey through scattered memories, of misplaced trust and blossoming love. It is about a childhood home. A ravine and a cemetery. And a war whose echoes reverberate still....
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