{"product_id":"in-country-9780060835170","title":"In Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBobbie Ann Mason's debut novel--\"a brilliant and moving book... a moral tale that entwines public history with private anguish.\" \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 futility of war and its searing legacy of confusion out of the searching questions or a naïve later generation is nothing short of masterful.\" --\u003cem\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSamantha \"Sam\" Hughes is in her senior year of high school in rural Kentucky. Her father, whom she never knew, was killed in Vietnam before she was born. Sam lives with her uncle Emmett, a veteran who appears to be suffering from exposure to Agent Orange. Amidst worrying about her uncle and yearning to figure out who she is and learn about the father she never knew, Sam develops feelings for Tom, one of Emmett's veteran buddies. Tom and Emmett attempt to shield Sam from the truth of what they endured, but she has become convinced that her life is bound to the war in Vietnam. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Country\u003c\/em\u003e is both a powerful and touching novel of America's ghosts and a beautiful portrayal of a family, not unlike many others, left bruised and twisted by the war. At the time of its publication in 1985, Richard Eder's rave \u003cem\u003eLA Times\u003c\/em\u003e review concluded: \"One of the questions for post-war American literature, dealt with variously by Updike, Cheever, Roth, Salinger and a host of others, is whether the larger capacities of the human spirit can be exercised, so to speak, in a motel room equipped with color TV and a drinks refrigerator. The answers vary; Mason has found her own striking variety of 'yes.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bobbie Ann Mason\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 6.28w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060835170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e63412 \/ In Country\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngram Advance\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2005 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/04\/2015 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMason, Bobbie Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBobbie Ann Mason is the author of a number of works of fiction, including \u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Blue Beret\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIn Country, An Atomic Romance, and Nancy Culpepper\u003c\/em\u003e. The groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eShiloh and Other Stories \u003c\/em\u003ewon the PEN Hemingway Award and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, and the PEN Faulkner Award. Her memoir, \u003cem\u003eClear Springs, \u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won two Southern Book Awards and numerous other prizes, including the O. Henry and the Pushcart. Former writer-in-residence at the University of Kentucky, she lives in Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bobbie Ann Mason \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47283557236893,"sku":"9780060835170","price":34.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_b4e9459d-33b6-49d6-bdd8-bef92fecb3a8.jpg?v=1759967766","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/in-country-9780060835170","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}