The Warrior: A Mother's Story of a Son at War Paperback - 2009
by Frances Richey
- Used
- Paperback
A "heart-rending"(Anna Quindlen, Newsweek) memoir-in-versethat speaks to a mother's love for her son
When Frances Richey's only child, Ben, a graduateof the United States Military Academy at West Point and a GreenBeret, went on the first of his two deployments to Iraq, she began towrite the twenty-eight unflinching poems that make up The Warrior.This urgent and intensely personal collection describes the world ofthose who wait while their loved ones are in combat or perilous situations;it is universal in its expression of the longing, anguish, love,and hope that constitute close relationships.
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- Title The Warrior: A Mother's Story of a Son at War
- Author Frances Richey
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition USED Good
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Date March 2009
- Bookseller's Inventory # 47021
- ISBN 9780143115113 / 0143115111
- Weight 0.24 lbs (0.11 kg)
- Dimensions 8.04 x 5.28 x 0.3 in (20.42 x 13.41 x 0.76 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.6
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Summary
A "heart-rending"(Anna Quindlen, Newsweek) memoir-in-verse that speaks to a mother's love for her son
When Frances Richey's only child, Ben, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Green Beret, went on the first of his two deployments to Iraq, she began to write the twenty-eight unflinching poems that make up The Warrior. This urgent and intensely personal collection describes the world of those who wait while their loved ones are in combat or perilous situations; it is universal in its expression of the longing, anguish, love, and hope that constitute close relationships.
