The co-op bookstore for avid readers
Book Cover for: The War Within: One More Step at a Time Volume 27, G. B. Trudeau

The War Within: One More Step at a Time Volume 27

G. B. Trudeau

Your compassionate portrayal of Lieutenant B.D.'s recovery and struggle . . . has touched our Warrior family and opened the eyes of the rest of the world to the physical, emotional, and personal challenges our soldiers face."

The initial stages of B.D.'s recovery from losing a leg in Iraq were dramatically portrayed in The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time, but his healing journey was far from over. As this powerful sequel shows, the "war within" can be a long and lonely struggle, hardly the life of a "glamorous amputee" imagined by his daughter's jealous classmate. With his coaching job at Walden re-secured and the marathon PT sessions paying off, B.D.'s return to normalcy seems to be progressing well. But those who love him see alarming signs of trouble, namely anger and alcohol.

First there's the punching of an MP. Then there's the daily breakfast of beer, a subject not open for discussion even with a best-intentioned friend like Mike Doonesbury. And "the screaming at night isn't very Christmassy," Boopsie notes. As B.D. admits to his doctor, "I'd rather sleep with my weapon than my wife! How messed up is that?" Messed up enough that our wounded warrior forces himself to begin circling the local Vet Center, where he is gently and skillfully reeled in by a remarkable counselor and fellow Vietnam Vet named Elias. Their sessions together form an extraordinary and moving chronicle of catharsis and coming-to-terms. The words "Welcome home, soldier," are powerful and transformative, and B.D. is fortunate in finally getting to a place where he can hear them.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Publish Date: Aug 1st, 2006
  • Pages: 112
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.24in - 6.06in - 0.32in - 0.39lb
  • EAN: 9780740762024
  • Recommended age: 15-UP
  • Categories: Topic - PoliticsForm - Comic Strips & Cartoons

About the Author

Trudeau, G. B.: - G. B. Trudeau has been drawing his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip for more than forty years. In addition to cartooning, Trudeau has worked in theater, film, and television. He also has been a contributing columnist for the New York Times op-ed page and later an essayist for Time magazine. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. He lives in New York City with his wife, Jane Pauley. They have three grown children.

More books by G. B. Trudeau

Book Cover for: Day One Dictator: More Doonesbury in the Time of Trumpism, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Former Guy: Doonesbury in the Time of Trumpism, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Lewser!: More Doonesbury in the Time of Trump, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump Volume 37, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: #Sad!: Doonesbury in the Time of Trump, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Buck Wild Doonesbury: A Doonesbury Book Volume 19, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Mel's Story: Surviving Military Sexual Assault Volume 35, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Dbury@50: The Complete Digital Doonesbury, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: The Revolt of the English Majors: A Doonesbury Book Volume 21, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Got War?, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Tee Time in Berzerkistan: A Doonesbury Book Volume 31, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: My Shorts R Bunching. Thoughts?: The Tweets of Roland Hedley Volume 30, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Signature Wound: Rocking Tbi Volume 32, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Red Rascal's War: A Doonesbury Book Volume 33, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: The Weed Whisperer: A Doonesbury Book Volume 36, G. B. Trudeau
Book Cover for: Doonesbury.Com's the Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, G. B. Trudeau