Based on James Poe's Emmy Award winning drama. In the 58th Christmas of his life...Adam Thornton's life was ending. With only a little time left he called his family together--a family that hadn't been together since he walked out on them four years ago...His wife, strong, patient, ever-approving Kate: his cold, ambitious son; his liberated daughter; the younger girl who married "poorly"; the boy who fled to Canada rather than fight in Vietnam--teh family he had given nothing so much as his disapproval. He needed to see them all now. Not for their pity--he would try to keep his illness secret--but for a last try to mend broken fences, to put his work in order, and to discover that the end of a life can be the liveliest, more loving season of the heart.

The Gathering

Harry Brown

Ballantine Books

Walk in the Sun

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Mayflower

<p>With <i>A Walk in the Sun</i>, Harry Brown tells an understated yet gripping and realistic tale of the randomness and impersonal nature of combat. In the Allied landings at Salerno on the Italian peninsula during World War II, a fictional platoon loses its lieutenant and senior sergeant to enemy fire, regroups inland to decide what to do, and soon loses its next-senior NCO to battle fatigue. This short but intense novel follows the remaining members of the platoon as they attempt to ascertain their mission and carry it out based on the only guide they have, a map found on the lieutenant s body. The day unfolds from there as simple as a walk in the sun, as simple, really, as war sometimes is. Some make it, some don t, and those who don t aren t always dead. Brown s spare narration echoes the gritty realities his characters face and provides an unflinching portrayal of the uncertainty of war.</p>

Contemporary

Amereon Ltd

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Harry Brown. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Harry Brown