The Life We Bury

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 1616149981 ISBN13: 9781616149987 Release Date: October 2014 Publisher: Seventh Street Books Length: 303 Pages Weight: 0.82 lbs. Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1" A USA Today bestseller and book club favorite College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along w