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A review by ljrinaldi
The Stan by Kevin Knodell, David Axe
4.0
Most people, in their day to day lives, in the US, have forgotten that we are still at war in Afganistan. We still have soldiers over there. There is still fighting going on.
This book is not one long story about one solider over there. This is a collection of many stories.
There are stories of the children who get shot, by accident.
There are the stories of the women who sign up to fight.
And there are the stories of the children born in reguee camps, to people that helped the Americans, but can't get into America.
Each story is about five or six pages long, and tells one story. But taken all together, you get the story of the people over there. Of civilians giving their food to tired soldiers. Of translators, who can not go home again. And of soldiers who have grown numb to the killing.
Well written, moving, good collection of stories. Highly recommended.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
This book is not one long story about one solider over there. This is a collection of many stories.
There are stories of the children who get shot, by accident.
There are the stories of the women who sign up to fight.
And there are the stories of the children born in reguee camps, to people that helped the Americans, but can't get into America.
Each story is about five or six pages long, and tells one story. But taken all together, you get the story of the people over there. Of civilians giving their food to tired soldiers. Of translators, who can not go home again. And of soldiers who have grown numb to the killing.
Well written, moving, good collection of stories. Highly recommended.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.