{"product_id":"in-country-9780060835170","title":"In Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBobbie Ann Mason's debut novel--\"a brilliant and moving book... a moral tale that entwines public history with private anguish.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"How Ms. Mason conjures a vivid image of the futility of war and its searing legacy of confusion out of the searching questions or a naïve later generation is nothing short of masterful.\" --\u003cem\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSamantha \"Sam\" Hughes is in her senior year of high school in rural Kentucky. Her father, whom she never knew, was killed in Vietnam before she was born. Sam lives with her uncle Emmett, a veteran who appears to be suffering from exposure to Agent Orange. Amidst worrying about her uncle and yearning to figure out who she is and learn about the father she never knew, Sam develops feelings for Tom, one of Emmett's veteran buddies. Tom and Emmett attempt to shield Sam from the truth of what they endured, but she has become convinced that her life is bound to the war in Vietnam. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Country\u003c\/em\u003e is both a powerful and touching novel of America's ghosts and a beautiful portrayal of a family, not unlike many others, left bruised and twisted by the war. At the time of its publication in 1985, Richard Eder's rave \u003cem\u003eLA Times\u003c\/em\u003e review concluded: \"One of the questions for post-war American literature, dealt with variously by Updike, Cheever, Roth, Salinger and a host of others, is whether the larger capacities of the human spirit can be exercised, so to speak, in a motel room equipped with color TV and a drinks refrigerator. The answers vary; Mason has found her own striking variety of 'yes.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bobbie Ann Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 6.28w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060835170","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383833718921,"sku":"9780060835170","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7d0cc0d0-f0ae-45c0-ab85-71082fa4e88a.jpg?v=1752012670","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/in-country-9780060835170","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}