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The Reason You're Alive (Paperback, Air Iri Ome)
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The Reason You're Alive (Paperback, Air Iri Ome)
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After sixty-eight-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical
tests reveal a brain tumor that he readily attributes to his
wartime Agent Orange exposure. He wakes up from surgery repeating a
name no one in his civilian life has ever heard - that of a Native
American soldier whom he was once ordered to discipline. David
decides to return something precious he long ago stole from the man
he now calls Clayton Fire Bear. It might be the only way to find
closure in a world increasingly at odds with the one he served to
protect. It might also help him finally recover from his wife's
untimely demise. As David confronts his past to salvage his
present, a poignant portrait emerges: that of an opinionated and
goodhearted American patriot fighting like hell to stay true to his
red, white, and blue heart, even as the country he loves rapidly
changes in ways he doesn't always like or understand. Hanging in
the balance are Granger's distant art-dealing son, Hank; his
adoring seven-year-old granddaughter, Ella; and his best friend,
Sue, a Vietnamese-American who respects David's fearless sincerity.
Through the controversial, wrenching, and wildly honest David
Granger, Matthew Quick offers a no-nonsense but ultimately hopeful
view of America's polarized psyche. By turns irascible and
hilarious, insightful and inconvenient, David is a complex,
wounded, honorable, and ultimately loving man. The Reason You're
Alive examines how the secrets and debts we carry from our past
define us; it also challenges us to look beyond our own prejudices
and search for the good in our supposed enemies.
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