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Simon & Schuster
May 2015
On Sale: April 21, 2015
Featuring: Lauren Clay
304 pages
ISBN: 145164132X
EAN: 9781451641325
Kindle: B00DPM8066
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This widely acclaimed novel about a female soldier who
returns from Iraq haunted by a tragic mistake is
“beautifully written…suspenseful and smart and tender in
unexpected moments” (Miami Herald) and was named one of the
5 Best in Modern War Fiction by The Sunday Telegraph. Before she enlisted, classically-trained singer Lauren Clay
had been accepted to a prestigious music conservatory, but
her family’s financial demands—worsened by her parents’
divorce and her father’s declining mental health—pushed her
in another direction. Joining the army allowed Lauren to
provide for her family—especially her younger brother Danny,
whose quirky, heartfelt letters to her overseas are signed,
be safe, I love you. When she arrives home unexpectedly, it’s clear to her
friends and family that something is profoundly wrong with
Lauren. But her father is so happy to have her home that he
ignores her odd behavior, as well as the repeated phone
calls from an army psychologist. Things seem better when
Lauren offers to take Danny on a trip to visit their mother
upstate, but instead, she guides them into the glacial woods
of Canada on a quest to visit the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, the
site of an oil field that has become her strange obsession.
What happens there will change Sergeant Lauren Clay’s family
forever, as she must finally face what she saw, and did, in
Iraq. Be Safe I Love You is “a rare, illuminating glimpse into the
distinctive experience and psyche of a female vet” (Boston
Globe); “a riveting suspense story and a frank portrayal of
war’s psychic damage” (Ms. Magazine); and “a painful
exploration of the devastation wrought by combat even when
the person returns from war without a scratch…this book is a
reminder that art and love are all that can keep us from
despair” (The New York Times Book Review).
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