The deserters /
Shifting across three countries, The Deserters explores themes of trust, isolation, abandonment and emotional disconnection in a world dramatically altered by the experience of war. Eugenie is trying, and mostly failing, to restore an inherited old farm in New Brunswick while her husband, a master c...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Montreal :
Esplanade Books,
[2018]
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| Summary: | Shifting across three countries, The Deserters explores themes of trust, isolation, abandonment and emotional disconnection in a world dramatically altered by the experience of war. Eugenie is trying, and mostly failing, to restore an inherited old farm in New Brunswick while her husband, a master carpenter, is away in Spain. The work involved overwhelms her, so she hires Dean to help bring the farm back to working order. But Dean is a deserter from the US Army suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and he is using the untamed backwoods of her property to hide out from immigration officials. As Eugenie and Dean fall into a relationship, he is tormented by flashbacks, nightmares and flickering memories of his wartime experiences in Iraq. And then Eugenie's husband returns. |
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| Physical Description: | 196 pages ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781550654950 1550654950 |