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Original Title:	In Country
ISBN:	0060835176 (ISBN13: 9780060835170)
Edition Language:	English

In Country Paperback | Pages: 272 pages

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The bestselling novel and deeply affecting story of a young girl who comes to terms with her father's death in Vietnam two decades earlier

In the summer of 1984, the war in Vietnam came home to Sam Hughes, whose father was killed there before she was born. The soldier-boy in the picture never changed. In a way that made him dependable. But he seemed so innocent. "Astronauts have been to the moon," she blurted out to the picture. "You missed Watergate. I was in the second grade."

She stared at the picture, squinting her eyes, as if she expected it to come to life. But Dwayne had died with his secrets. Emmett was walking around with his. Anyone who survived Vietnam seemed to regard it as something personal and embarrassing. Granddad had said they were embarrassed that they were still alive. "I guess you're not embarrassed," she said to the picture.

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Title	:	In Country
Author	:	Bobbie Ann Mason
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 272 pages
Published	:	August 2nd 2005 by Harper Perennial (first published 1985)
Categories	:	Fiction. War. Historical. Historical Fiction. Novels. Young Adult

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Very much enjoyed this book. It was a "blast from the past," as we used to say growing up. Set in 1984, many of the references and allusions are to music/things/products/foods that were part of my youth. I was roughly the same age as the main character in 1984, in fact, so for sure could relate.The book details (almost overloads you, in fact) on the repercussions of the Vietnam War. For readers who didn't grow up during this time, the subject is still timely, considering all wars have similar

i liked the concept of the novel quite a bit - a Vietnam War story told as a coming-of-age story by a girl coming to terms with her family's war history. but, in the telling, the book was often disappointing. too many of the themes were beat to death - Agent Orange, Bruce Springsteen, the Beatles, M*A*S*H, etc. the moments that were supposed to be poignant were increasingly not. any love i had for Sam was obliterated by the end of the novel. perhaps if the author was drawing more from her life,

Picked this up back in the eighties but after two chapters I couldn't abide the author's monotonous and repetitive sentence structure. Then someone asked me recently if I'd read it so I decided to give it another chance. Still didn't like but I finished it. It does get interesting toward the end and Emmett, a vet, sums the war up pretty well with, "You can't do what we did and then be happy about it." Vietnam should have been a bit of history we learned from but we have failed to move ahead to

This book wasn't bad at all and there wasn't anything I particularly disliked about it, it just feel very flat for me. The main character is sorting through identity issues because her father died in Vietnam before she was born so she's trying to learn about Vietnam to unveil some of the secrecy behind her father. I think there were some really cool threads in this book that were pulled together, and it definitely has something to say about femininity and war, but I couldn't really connect with

Found record that I read this during a lost summer. I don't recall any aspect of the novel.

The value of this read provides emotional and historical context to a situation, and there are many elements involved in the story to keep the modern reader reading. For example, there is a lot of female empowerment within this story, which is very important in the study of American history and literature: You have to go to college, Sam. Women can do anything they want now, just about (167). There is this emphasis on what women can do, however, the conversation seems to continuously revolve

With an unconventional family structure, carefully worked popular culture references and Vietnam Vet's that are a little more three dimensional than the stock "good guy goes to 'nam, it's horrible and he comes back scarred and angry," Mason creates a coming-of-age tale not just of Sam and Emmett, but of a distinct national experience. The story does tend to clunk along like Sam's shitty VW on its way to D.C, but "In Country" is an enjoyable read and a refreshing take on post-Vietnam America. The