An edition of The War Within: One Step at a Time (2006)

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One More Step at a Time

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An edition of The War Within: One Step at a Time (2006)

The War Within

One More Step at a Time

  • 6 Want to read

The initial stages of B.D.'s recovery from losing a leg in Iraq were dramatically portrayed in The Long Road Home: One Step at a Time, but his healing journey was far from over. As this powerful sequel shows, the "war within" can be a long and lonely struggle, hardly the life of a "glamorous amputee" imagined by his daughter's jealous classmate. With his coaching job at Walden re-secured and the marathon PT sessions paying off, B.D.'s return to normalcy seems to be progressing well. But those who love him see alarming signs of trouble, namely anger and alcohol.

First there's the punching of an MP. Then there's the daily breakfast of beer, a subject not open for discussion even with a best-intentioned friend like Mike Doonesbury. And "the screaming at night isn't very Christmassy," Boopsie notes. As B.D. admits to his doctor, "I'd rather sleep with my weapon than my wife! How messed up is that?" Messed up enough that our wounded warrior forces himself to begin circling the local Vet Center, where he is gently and skillfully reeled in by a remarkable counselor and fellow Vietnam Vet named Elias. Their sessions together form an extraordinary and moving chronicle of catharsis and coming-to-terms. The words "Welcome home, soldier," are powerful and transformative, and B.D. is fortunate in finally getting to a place where he can hear them.

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Publisher
Andews McMeel
Language
English
Pages
110

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The War Within: One More Step at a Time
2006, Andews McMeel
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The War Within: One More Step at a Time
September 1, 2006, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Edition Notes

Collection of previously published comic strips.

Published in
Kansas City, Mo
Series
A Doonesbury book

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
41.5/69
Library of Congress
PN6728.D65 T7824 2006, PN6728.D65T7824 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
110 p. :
Number of pages
110

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17890289M
Internet Archive
warwithinonestep0000trud
ISBN 10
0740762028
LCCN
2006925237
OCLC/WorldCat
71360579
Library Thing
2115883
Goodreads
571968

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