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From
School
Library
Journal
:
Sam,
17,
is
obsessed
with
the
Vietnam
War
and
the
effect
it
has
had
on
her
lifelosing
a
father
she
never
knew
and
now
living
with
Uncle
Emmett,
who
seems
to
be
suffering
from
the
effects
of
Agent
Orange.
In
her
own
forthright
way,
she
tries
to
sort
out
why
and
how
Vietnam
has
altered
the
lives
of
the
vets
of
Hopewell,
Kentucky.
Her
untempered
curiosity
and
imagination
sprint
off
in
all
directions
as
she
examines
closely
the
often
undiscussed,
but
always
noticed,
aspects
of
daily
life.
In
this
coming-of-age
novel,
Sam
ponders
many
problems,
among
them
Emmett's
crusty,
salve-covered
pimples,
veteran
Tom's
inability
to
have
an
erection
and
her
good
friend
Dawn's
pregnancy.
Although
Sam
lives
in
a
disheveled,
tawdry
house,
she
brings
a
freshness
of
spirit
to
the
way
she
scrutinizes
and
revels
in
life.
When
she
wants
to
understand
living
conditions
in
the
Vietnam
jungles,
she
decides
she
has
to
experience
it,
so
spends
the
night
beside
a
local
swamp.
A
harshly
realistic,
well-written
look
at
the
Vietnam
War
as
well
as
the
story
of
a
young
woman
maturing.
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Title
:
In
Country
Author
:
Bobbie
Ann
Mason ISBN
:
0-00-654176-3
Category
:
Fiction
Subject
:
Popular
Fiction
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Publication
Year
:
1989
Publisher
:
Fontana
Paperbacks Imprint
:
Flamingo
Copyright
:
Bobbie
Ann
Mason
1985
Pages
:
248 Binding
:
Softcover Condition
:
Good
-
unmarked,
light
wear
on
covers
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Product
Dimensions
Height
(mm)
:
200 Width
(mm)
:
130 Thickness
(mm)
:
12 Weight
(grams)
:
247
Product
Code
:
813-MAS-9282
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