He survived Vietnam. Coming home nearly finished him.
Mike Delaney leaves David City, Nebraska, the way young men always have - with more certainty than the world owes him and less preparation than he knows. He returns from Vietnam carrying wounds no one can see, stepping into a country that has already begun trying to forget the war and the men who fought it.
The medals do not help. The silence at the dinner table does not help. The endless forms and waiting rooms of the VA do not help. Back home, Mike discovers that surviving the battlefield was only the beginning. The real struggle lies in learning how to live again.