{"product_id":"like-a-wary-blessing-michael-jennings-9781613095492","title":"Like a Wary Blessing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e These stories address ways that war alters lives in ways that persist long after the last firefight or strafing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \"Night Mission,\" two Marines who scan aerial photography make an appalling discovery about the targets they have identified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Cadence Count\" follows two Army draftees, one white and one Black, through weeks of basic training that turn surreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \"Papa-san's Private War,\" a Vietnamese peasant seeks revenge after an obtuse lieutenant refuses to compensate him for the water buffalo the troops at a firebase have killed by mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \"The Inland Sea,\" the narrator searches in his history as the grandson of an educator and the cousin of a military officer for clues to his own decision to marry the wrong woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Harry and the Ugly Rug\" traces the descent of Harry Waters from his service as a fighter pilot in Korea, where he strafed fleeing civilians, to his retirement near an American air base in Germany, where his guilt fuels delusions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \"Dawn Call,\" an Air Force veteran who teaches English in Saudi Arabia takes a predawn jog in Riyadh. He flings epithets like \"Your Emptiness\" at God for causing the death by suicide of a close friend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Jennings\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 161309549X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613095492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wings Epress, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d","brand":"Michael Jennings","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799078187263,"sku":"9781613095492","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/like-a-wary-blessing-michael-jennings-9781613095492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}