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Bookmark on DeliciousPublished: Nov. 13, 2011
Words: 67592 (approximate)
Language: English
Short description
A military memoir detailing accounts of border patrol in Yuma, Arizona, Hurricane Katrina relief efforts on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and war-fighting in Baghdad, Iraq as a part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.Extended description
In his debut work Meantime: The Aesthetics of Soldiering, Stephen Paul Register weaves something of beauty from dust and desert to grapple with the question: “What does it mean to be a soldier?” He writes from the depths of his experience and transports the reader from dusty Baghdad to flooded Mississippi through scenes of a soldier’s daily life. Meantime is sure to stand out from the crowd of military memoirs and will have all its readers wrestling with that same question: “What does it mean to be a soldier?”Adult-content rating:
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military, christianity, middle east, war, iraq, independent, tennessee, islam, army, katrina, independent author, spiritual memoir, ivy league, oif, basic training, southern author, southern writer, border patrol, operation iraqi freedom, yale university, arab spring, war memoir, stephen paul register, popular memoir, belmont universityAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Luke Bray
on Jan. 30, 2012 :
This book is an excellent read. Stephen Register's ability to capture both beauty and tragedy mixed with the military frustrations that accompany life on a deployment captured me while I was reading. Every person who longs to understand what really goes on in the minds of our soldiers as they serve over seas should read this book. Soldiers will also enjoy "Meantime" because of the grainy realism he portrays mixed with the full range of emotion many of us have felt on a long seemingly meaningless deployment. Do not pass this book up, you will be hard pressed to find a better one in the "meantime."
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Will Davis
on Jan. 19, 2012 :
MEANTIME is a great quick and easy read. I found the book to be quite thought provoking and it really is a truthful war memoir that takes you inside of the mind of a young soldier learning how to cope with the diverse circumstances. Stephen Paul Register has really seen a lot... Very interesting the way the stories shift from one short story to another. Really grabs the attention of the reader and never gets monotonous. Great debut work. Worth every penny.
(reviewed long after purchase)