In a previous post, ‘Books and Beaches’, I announced my intention to read one book every week over the course of the summer. The book I was reading at the time was Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, a collection of interconnected tales inspired by his experience as a foot soldier in the Vietnam War, …
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Books and Beaches
After a multi-month hiatus, today I finally started reading again for pleasure. My book of choice? The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, a collection of interconnected tales inspired by O’Brien’s experience as a soldier in the Vietnam War. I first heard about the book just under a year ago through watching Ken Burns & …