02940cam a2200361 i 4500 223045404 TxAuBib 20150702120000.0 140708s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014016018 9781616149987 paperback $15.95 1616149981 paperback $15.95 TxAuBib rda Eskens, Allen, 1963- The Life We Bury : a novel / Allen Eskens. Amherst, NY : Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books, 2014. 303 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Iverson is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. As Joe writes about Carl's life, especially Carl's valor in Vietnam, he cannot reconcile the heroism of the soldier with the despicable acts of the convict. Joe, along with his skeptical female neighbor, throws himself into uncovering the truth, but he is hamstrung in his efforts by having to deal with his dangerously dysfunctional mother, the guilt of leaving his autistic brother vulnerable, and a haunting childhood memory. Thread by thread, Joe unravels the tapestry of Carl's conviction. But by the time Joe discovers the truth, it is too late to escape the fallout"-- Provided by publisher. College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson,a dying Vietnam veteran-- and a convicted murderer, medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder. Unable to reconcile Carl's valor in Vietnam with the despicable acts of the convict, Joe throws himself into uncovering the truth. 20150702. Veterans Fiction. Dysfunctional families Fiction. FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General. bisacsh College students Fiction. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Veterans Fiction. Minnesota Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. Mystery fiction. 9781616149987.jpg Cover image