3.6
In the Lake of the Woods
by Tim O'Brien
America Library Association Notable Book.
Year's Best Work of Fiction - Time.
New York Times Editor's Choice.
Booklist Editor's Choice.
"For fiction collections both large and small." - Library Journal.
"One comes away from this novel with goosebumps." - The Washington Times.
"A skillful and haunting piece about the manipulation of love and the past." - Christian Science Monitor.
John Wade is a Vietnam vet, and a man in crisis. He's spent years building a successful political career that's now being derailed by revelations about his past as a soldier in Vietnam. He loses the election and retreats to a small cabin near a Minnesota lake - from which his wife, Kathy, mysteriously disappears. Was foul play involved or did Kathy simply decide to leave. As John Wade looks for answers he uncovers that wars don't necessarily end when governments say they do.
FictionSagasPoliticalFamily LifeMarriage & Divorce
RELEASED2007
PUBLISHERCenter Point Pub.
LENGTH335
LANGUAGEEN
William Timothy O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist. He is best known for his book *The Things They Carried* (1990), a collection of linked semi-autobiographical stories inspired by O'Brien's experiences in the Vietnam War. In 2010, the New York Times described O'Brien's book as a Vietnam classic. In addition, he is known for his war novel, *Going After Cacciato* (1978), also about wartime Vietnam, and later novels about postwar lives of veterans. O'Brien has held the endowed chair at the MFA program of Texas State University–San Marcos every other academic year since 2003–2004 (2003–2004, 2005–2006, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, and 2011–2012). **Source**: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Brien_(author)" target="blanck">Tim O'Brien</a> on Wikipedia
3.6
In the Lake of the Woods
by Tim O'Brien
America Library Association Notable Book.
Year's Best Work of Fiction - Time.
New York Times Editor's Choice.
Booklist Editor's Choice.
"For fiction collections both large and small." - Library Journal.
"One comes away from this novel with goosebumps." - The Washington Times.
"A skillful and haunting piece about the manipulation of love and the past." - Christian Science Monitor.
John Wade is a Vietnam vet, and a man in crisis. He's spent years building a successful political career that's now being derailed by revelations about his past as a soldier in Vietnam. He loses the election and retreats to a small cabin near a Minnesota lake - from which his wife, Kathy, mysteriously disappears. Was foul play involved or did Kathy simply decide to leave. As John Wade looks for answers he uncovers that wars don't necessarily end when governments say they do.
FictionSagasPoliticalFamily LifeMarriage & Divorce
RELEASED2007
PUBLISHERCenter Point Pub.
LENGTH335
LANGUAGEEN
William Timothy O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist. He is best known for his book *The Things They Carried* (1990), a collection of linked semi-autobiographical stories inspired by O'Brien's experiences in the Vietnam War. In 2010, the New York Times described O'Brien's book as a Vietnam classic. In addition, he is known for his war novel, *Going After Cacciato* (1978), also about wartime Vietnam, and later novels about postwar lives of veterans. O'Brien has held the endowed chair at the MFA program of Texas State University–San Marcos every other academic year since 2003–2004 (2003–2004, 2005–2006, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, and 2011–2012). **Source**: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Brien_(author)" target="blanck">Tim O'Brien</a> on Wikipedia
