The Yellow Birds: A Novel

About this Item: Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2012. Hardcover. Condition: As New. priced (24.99) Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. The Yellow Birds is a gut wrenching, wye opening look at the realities of Iraq war and the profound impact it made on all the participants. Book is as new, unmarked and never opened. The priced(24.99) jacket is as new. The yellow Birds is an unforgettable novel written by a veteran of the war in Iraq about two soldiers trying to stay alive. " The war tried to kill us in the spring". So began this powerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar Iraq, twenty one year old Private Bartle and eighteen year old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. Bound together since basic training when Bartle makes a promise to bring Murphy safely home, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for. Written with profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a distant war on mothers and families at home, The yellow Birds is a groundbreaking novel that is destined to become a classic. The yellow Birds the first novel by Kevin powers, an Iraq war veteran, was a finalist for The National Book Award. This is a fine collectible and an important read. Seller Inventory # 001461