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PURPLE HEART

by | Read by Adam Verner

Young Adult Young Adult • 4.5 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2009

McCormick's story tells of the uncertainty of life in a war zone through the experiences of one soldier. Adam Verner's narration is straightforward and unemotional. Private Matt Duffy receives a Purple Heart when he wakes up in an army hospital in Iraq. But, haunted by the death of a young Iraqi boy and confusing memories of what happened, he doesn't feel like a hero. Without judgment, Verner shines a light on the human cost of war--on soldiers and civilians-- allowing the listener to weigh, with Matt, the cost to humanity that war, violence, and distrust exact. Delivering the objective third-person viewpoint, Verner brings listeners into Matt's world, allowing us to feel his fears, confusion, and need to understand what happened, and reach our own conclusions. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2015]

Trade Ed. • Harper Audio • 2015

CD ISBN 9781481533232 $25.99 • Four CDs

DD ISBN 9780062384263 $15.99

 

Library Ed. • Blackstone Audio • 2015

CD ISBN 9781481533225 $49.99 • Four CDs

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