{"product_id":"in-country-a-novel","title":"In Country: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBobbie\u003cp\u003e Ann Mason’s debut novel—\"a brilliant and moving book... a moral tale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e that entwines public history with private anguish.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003efutility of war and its searing legacy of confusion out of the searching\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003equestions or a naïve later generation is nothing short of masterful.” —\u003cem\u003eKansas\u003cp\u003eCity Star\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamantha “Sam” Hughes is in her senior year of high school in rural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Kentucky. Her father, whom she never knew, was killed in Vietnam before she\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e was born. Sam lives with her uncle Emmett, a veteran who appears to be\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e suffering from exposure to Agent Orange. Amidst worrying about her uncle and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e yearning to figure out who she is and learn about the father she never knew,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Sam develops feelings for Tom, one of Emmett's veteran buddies. Tom and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Emmett attempt to shield Sam from the truth of what they endured, but she has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e become convinced that her life is bound to the war in Vietnam. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Country\u003c\/em\u003e is both a powerful and touching novel of America’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ghosts and a beautiful portrayal of a family, not unlike many others, left\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e bruised and twisted by the war. At the time of its publication in 1985,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Richard Eder’s rave \u003cem\u003eLA Times\u003c\/em\u003e review concluded: “One of the questions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e for post-war American literature, dealt with variously by Updike, Cheever,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Roth, Salinger and a host of others, is whether the larger capacities of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e human spirit can be exercised, so to speak, in a motel room equipped with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e color TV and a drinks refrigerator. The answers vary; Mason has found her own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e striking variety of ‘yes.’”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bobbie Ann Mason","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55251120259363,"sku":"9780060835170","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780060835170.jpg?v=1781800455","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/in-country-a-novel","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}