![]() ![]() Levi’s growing comprehension of Boaz’s internal turmoil is gracefully and powerfully evoked. Refraining from making political judgments about current conflicts, Reinhardt personalizes a soldier’s traumas in terms civilians can understand. Walking side by side with his brother all the way to Washington, D.C., visiting ex-Marines and soldiers’ families along the way, Levi learns more about his brother’s experiences-like why he’s stopped riding in automobiles-than Boaz can explain outright. Using a route marked on a map Boaz left behind, Levi follows Boaz’s path and eventually catches up with him. Award-winning author Dana Reinhardt introduces readers to Levi, who has never known what he believes, and whose journey reveals truths only a brother knows. ![]() After isolating himself from the family, Boaz announces his plans to hike the Appalachian Trail, yet Levi suspects his brother has another itinerary in mind. But he seems to be a different person: withdrawn and uncommunicative. Three years after joining the Marines and serving overseas, Levi Katznelson’s brother, Boaz, returns to his Boston suburb a hero. With exceptional sensitivity, Reinhardt (How to Build a House) chronicles a soldier’s troubling homecoming, in this timely novel told from his younger brother’s point of view. ![]()
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