Seventh Street Books
Featuring: Carl Iverson; Joe Talbert
300 pages ISBN: 1616149981 EAN: 9781616149987 Kindle: B00JTA9Z7G Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Joe is a college student. One of Joe's assignments is to
write a biography of a total stranger. Joe has no idea
where to start. So he decides to go to an old folk's home
and interview one of them. After speaking to the manger
of the senior citizens home, she suggests that he
interview
Carl. Carl is a convicted murder, and has served his time.
Carl is at the senior home, because he is now dying of
cancer.
Joe is very hesitant to interview Carl, as he has no idea,
what kind of story any one would want to hear about a
convict. After meeting and talking to Carl, Joe is sure
this is the man he wants to interview. After several
meetings Joe finds out that Carl may not be the killer
people think that he is.
Joe's goal is to try and get the real story behind Carl's
life. And maybe help him clear his name. Joe has no
idea all of the trouble that he could get in by trying to
make this happen before Carl passes away. Joe takes on
this assignment with some help from his neighbor Lila.
Joe
and Lila have no idea what they have gotten themselves
into.
THE LIFE WE BURY by Allen Eskens is a very interesting
read.
Since this is Allen Eskens' first book, he has a great
career before him. I would have no problem reading his
books. I really
like how he got behind the story about these two main
characters that had nothing in common.
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. Iverson 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 with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl's conviction. But by the time Joe discovers the truth, it is too late to escape the fallout.
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