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The life we bury : a novel / Allen Eskens.

Summary:
"College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Iverson is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl's conviction. But by the time Joe discovers the truth, it is too late to escape the fallout"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1616149981
  • ISBN: 9781616149987
  • Physical Description: 303 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Amherst, NY : Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books, [2014]
Subject: Dysfunctional families > Fiction.
College students > Fiction.
Veterans > Fiction.
Murderers > Fiction.
Cancer > Patients > Fiction.
Brothers > Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.
Dysfunctional families > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 70 of 76 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 76 total copies.
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Altoona Area Public Library ESK 1 (Text) 33240004349992 Adult Fiction Available -
Brandywine Community Library ESK (Text) 33249022370849 Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library MYS ESKENS (Text) 50688010726728 Adult Fiction Available -
Carrolltown Public Library FIC ESK (Text) 31814231026110 CARM Fiction Available -
Collinsville Community Library Adults ESK Fiction (Text) 34259000556581 Adult Area Available -
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Degenstein Community Library FIC ESKENS PBK (Text) 35031300973050 Adult Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults ESK Fiction (Text) 34001001405719 Adult Area Available -
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