{"product_id":"an-american-requiem-god-my-father-and-the-war-that-came-between-us-isbn-9780395859933","title":"An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA National Book Award Winner, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author James Carroll's \u003cem\u003eAn American Requiem\u003c\/em\u003e is \"a tragic, moving book about a family torn apart by the Vietnam War, a young man looking for God, a writer finding his voice\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn American Requiem\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of one man's coming of age. But more than that, it is a coming to terms with the conflicts that disrupted many families, inflicting personal wounds that were also social, political, and religious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Carroll grew up in a Catholic family that seemed blessed. His father Joe had abandoned his own dream of becoming a priest to rise through the ranks of Hoover's FBI and then become one of the most powerful men in the Pentagon, the founder of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Young Jim lived the privileged life of a general's son, dating the daughter of a vice president and meeting the pope, all in the shadow of nuclear war, waiting for the red telephone to ring in his parents' house. He worshiped his father until Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights movement, turmoil in the Catholic Church, and then Vietnam combined to outweigh the bond between father and son. These were issues on which they would never agree. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly after Carroll left the priesthood to become a writer and husband with children of his own did he come to understand fully the struggles his father had faced. In this work of nonfiction, the bestselling novelist draws on the skills he honed with nine much-admired novels to tell the story he was, literally, born to tell. \u003cem\u003eAn American Requiem\u003c\/em\u003e is a benediction on his father's life, his family's struggles, and the legacies of an entire generation.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"A tragic, moving book about a family torn apart by the Vietnam War, a young man looking for God, a writer finding his voice.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I cannot recall being more touched by a book about a real family since John Gunther's \u003cem\u003eDeath Be Not Proud\u003c\/em\u003e.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A flawlessly executed memoir.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Book Award citation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A personal and political memoir in a class by itself. Rich in ideas and historical detail, a personal story that makes you think - about politics, parents, children and God.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of those books that even as you are reading it, you know you will never forget. James Carroll is well recognized as a master storyteller. In this, his own story, he touches us as only a gifted writer can, and more so because it is true.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid McCullough\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Of all the memoirists who have set out to 'tell the truth' of a life and a crucial relationship, very few have ever succeeded so convincingly as James Carroll, in this poetic and achingly honest account of his lifelong struggle with his father to find a basis for mutual respect and love, an effort finally foundering on the Vietnam War. It is the story, never told better, of a generational faultline splitting households all across America. I couldn't put it down till its last, haunting sentence.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Ellsberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Autobiography at its best.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A work of the heart. . . . perhaps the most moving drama of fathers and sons that I have ever read.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A magnificent portrayal of two noble men who broke each other's hearts.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889979257061,"sku":"NP9780395859933","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780395859933.jpg?v=1730232308","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/an-american-requiem-god-my-father-and-the-war-that-came-between-us-isbn-9780395859933","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}