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Back Home

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By (author): Dan L. Walker

The sequel to Secondhand Summer continues Sam Barger's story with the homecoming of his older brother, now wounded from war, and the struggle for the two to understand and find each other again.

Walker expertly explores how families live in the world at large, and how the ties that bind can be sorely tested by events far from home [. . .] Walker is one of those young adult novel authors writing for adults as well as kids. Intended or not, Back Home is a commentary on our times as well. It's a reminder that battle fatigue comes from more than just warfare. It comes from living in a society at odds with itself.
--Anchorage Daily News

Back Home will appeal to young adult readers, those interested in an Alaskan setting, and fans of bildungsroman stories. Recommended.
--Historical Novel Society

His big brother's return from Vietnam with wounds both physical and psychological shakes up a 16-year-old Alaskan's familiar world of girls, guns, and clueless grown-ups. . . occasionally powerful mix of family drama, late-'60s culture clashes, and wilderness adventure.
--Kirkus Reviews

It's 1968, and like any other junior in high school, Sam Barger's just trying to get by in classes and find a part-time job at the local pizza parlor, maybe chat up the pretty girl who also works there. But when his Marine Corps brother Joe comes back from the Vietnam War, life at home changes. By day Joe struggles with alcoholism and by night he battles night terrors. Sam just wants normalcy again but doesnt know how to close the rift between the brothers, especially once he questions their country's involvement overseas.

Set in Southcentral Alaska in the 1960s, Back Home is a heartfelt story about the brothers and their struggles to come and understand each other. The book reveals the lasting effects of war on young people and draws parallels between a pivotal moment in history then to the contemporary wars and struggles today.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
  • Publication Date: 20 May 2021
  • Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781513262697

About Dan L. Walker

Dan L. Walker grew up in Alaska with a brother who fought in the Vietnam War and returned home with PTSD. He is a high school teacher as well as an author and has published blogs essays articles and fiction in magazines and literary journals including Alaska Magazine and the Journal of Geography. His first book Secondhand Summer represented the state of Alaska at the Library of Congress National Book Festival in 2017 and was on Alaskas Battle of the Books list.

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