Binding: Paperback
Description: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook comes a dark funny and surprisingly tender" (Publishers Weekly) novel featuring Matthew Quick's most fascinating character yet a Vietnam vet embarking on a quixotic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war. After sixty - eight - year - old David Granger crashes his BMW medical tests reveal a brain tumor that he readily attributes to his wartime Agent Orange exposure. He wakes up from surgery repeating a name no one in his civilian life has ever heard that of a Native American soldier whom he was once ordered to discipline. David decides to return something precious he long ago stole from the man he now calls Clayton Fire Bear. It may be the only way to find closure in a world increasingly at odds with the one he served to protect. It may also help him to finally recover from his wife's untimely demise. As David confronts his past to salvage his present a poignant portrait emerges: that of an opinionated and good - hearted American patriot fighting like hell to stay true to his red white and blue heart even as the country he loves rapidly changes in ways he doesn t always like or understand. Hanging in the balance are Granger's distant art - dealing son Hank; his adoring seven - year - old granddaughter Ella; and his best friend Sue a Vietnamese American who respects David's fearless sincerity. Through the controversial wrenching and wildly honest David Granger Matthew Quick offers a no - nonsense but ultimately hopeful view of America's polarized psyche. By turns irascible and hilarious insightful and inconvenient David is a complex wounded honorable and loving man. The Reason You re Alive examines how the secrets and debts we carry from our past define us; it also challenges us to look beyond our own prejudices and search for the good in us all.
Title: The Reason You're Alive A Novel
Author(s): Quick Matthew
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062424310
Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 6/26/2018