{"product_id":"from-brokenness-to-atonement-faith-hani-khouzam-9781966540014","title":"From Brokenness to Atonement, Faith, Hope and Love: A Vietnam War Sniper's Journey and a Psychiatrist's Bibliotherapy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a story of Mr. L, an orphan who was raised and nurtured by a devoted Carmelite nun, then drafted to serve as a skilled sniper during the Vietnam War. A journey of learning and mastering of the French language, excelling in the Little League baseball, discovering the art of hunting, and of an uttermost devotion to assigned military missions. A tale of grief, depression, anxiety, intermixed with bitterness, rage, fear, and delayed onset posttraumatic stress disorder with its most devastating aftermath of survivor's guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitnessing the emergence of innate talents, the gifts of left-handedness, and astounding suddenness of action in each and every providential and self-inflicted circumstances. Travelling through life in orphanages with boyish freedom, self-consciousness, and then an adulthood of giving of oneself and sacrificing of own needs to fulfill a patriotic mission, an acceptance of a higher calling to serve the poor and the disfranchised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiographies are woven in the tapestry of the therapeutic alliance of a patient-and-physician relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a reader, you will be invited to introspect and reflect on the wonder of the human brain, the bubbling joy of loving, and the gift of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Mr. L descend into the abyss of ending his God-given gift of a well-deserved and joyful life or will he survive his heartbreaking sorrows and insurmountable guilt? Can brokenness be restored through faith, hope, love, and forgiveness?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe answers could be revealed by reading this personal journey--a portrait of faith, grace, and the joy that rises from giving and loving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hani Khouzam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1966540019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966540014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hani Khouzam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Hani Khouzam","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46807184900351,"sku":"9781966540014","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a379fb3-780a-4b49-bc98-494f29349be6.jpg?v=1745378771","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-brokenness-to-atonement-faith-hani-khouzam-9781966540014","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}