The Yellow Birds
Registered by awaywithfairies of Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on 2/9/2017
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Journal Entry 1 by awaywithfairies from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Thursday, February 9, 2017
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"The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins this powerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. Bound together since basic training when Bartle makes a promise to bring Murphy safely home, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for.
In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes actions he could never have imagined.
With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and families at home, The Yellow Birds is a groundbreaking novel that is destined to become a classic.
Bought at the Penrith City Library book sale.
"The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins this powerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. Bound together since basic training when Bartle makes a promise to bring Murphy safely home, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for.
In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes actions he could never have imagined.
With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and families at home, The Yellow Birds is a groundbreaking novel that is destined to become a classic.
Bought at the Penrith City Library book sale.
Journal Entry 2 by awaywithfairies at Canberra Museum and Gallery in Civic, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Saturday, February 11, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (2/11/2017 UTC) at Canberra Museum and Gallery in Civic, Australian Capital Territory Australia
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Left at the Little Free Library in the foyer near the Information Desk.
Release #2 for the 2017 Movie Books Challenge.
Release #7 for the 2017 Great Backyard Bird Count Challenge.
Release #2 for the 2017 Movie Books Challenge.
Release #7 for the 2017 Great Backyard Bird Count Challenge.