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It's 2003, and as a college freshman in Cleveland, our narrator is adrift until he meets Emily. The two of them experience an instant, life-changing connection. But when he almost loses her, he chooses to make an indelible statement: he joins the Army. The outcome will not be good for either of them. As a medic in Iraq, he is unprepared for the realtys that await him. He and his fellow soldiers huff computer duster, abuse painkillers and watch porn. Many of them die. When he comes home, his PTSD is profound. As the opioid crisis sweeps through the Midwest, it drags both him and Emily along with it. As their addictions worsen, and with their money drying up, he stumbles onto what seems like the only possible solution: robbing banks.
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Cherry, Nico Walker
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- Cherry
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nico Walker
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Mystery Novels, Contemporary Fiction, Wars, Gifts for women, Life, Adapted for Film, True Crime, Based on True Events, First love, Army, Big Book Thursday, Juvenile Delinquency, Iraq War (2003-2011), First Aid for the Wounded in Battle (CLS)
- First published
- 2018
- Original title
- Cherry
- Rating
- 3.5 out of 5
- Description
- It's 2003, and as a college freshman in Cleveland, our narrator is adrift until he meets Emily. The two of them experience an instant, life-changing connection. But when he almost loses her, he chooses to make an indelible statement: he joins the Army. The outcome will not be good for either of them. As a medic in Iraq, he is unprepared for the realtys that await him. He and his fellow soldiers huff computer duster, abuse painkillers and watch porn. Many of them die. When he comes home, his PTSD is profound. As the opioid crisis sweeps through the Midwest, it drags both him and Emily along with it. As their addictions worsen, and with their money drying up, he stumbles onto what seems like the only possible solution: robbing banks.