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The war tried to kill us in the spring, begins this breathtaking account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. Bound together since basic training when their tough-as-nails Sergeant ordered Bartle to watch over Murphy, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes impossible actions. With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and families at home, THE YELLOW BIRDS is a groundbreaking novel about the costs of war that is destined to become a classic.Product Identifiers
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
ISBN-139781444756128
eBay Product ID (ePID)115586181
Product Key Features
Publication Year2012
TopicBooks
Book TitleThe Yellow Birds
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorKevin Powers
Dimensions
Item Height228 mm
Item Weight367 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorKevin Powers