My Father's Eyes

By Jim Loose

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971190704
• ISBN13: 9780971190702
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Icon Books Company
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

I Can't Wait For The Movie

I read one or two books every week and this is the best novel I've read in years. It's not preachy but it does a fantastic job contrasting our time with our parents era and letting us see how things have changed, for the most part for the worse. I totally agree with the reviewer who said that the transformation in Lucky and Jolene's grown children offers hope for our time. In a time that emphasizes shallow celebrity, when we see real heroism like we see in My Father's Eyes, it transforms us if we let it. And in post-9-1-1 America, we need all the transformation we can get. Kudos Mr. Loose!

Am I the only woman who'd like to meet corporal Marconi?

Picked up the book after hearing the writer on NPR. Really liked the characters, how they loved each other no matter what. Real tear jerker. I probably cried every page for the last 40 pages. Made me think about what a great country we live in and the incredible things our parents and grandparents did to make it great. I'll never think of my parents generation quite the same way again.

My Father's Eyes

Great character development on and off the battlefield. This is not only the story of wartime leadership. It's family and what keeps it together and pulls it apart.

veteran

Found My Fathers Eyes, very readable, one that you do not want to put down. Thought it was very unique the way that Loose was able to intergrate the war experience with the family tribulations. Could feel the emotion of Riva Ridge, especially since I lived it in a later war. Good luck to the author and am looking forward to his next work

Publisher's Review

If you had a father or grandfather who fought in WWII, then you'll want to read this book. It will help you understand what he faced during the fighting and also what he faced when he came home. As Americans worry today about the prospects of war, we all wonder what it would be like. How will war affect our sons and daughters or our spouses and the loved ones they return to. My Father's Eyes takes you on a journey from the battlefields of Italy back home to the United States. You'll learn to love these characters, in spite of their faults, and cheer their tenacity to hold on to each other. This first novel by Jim Loose is written with such gut-wrenching emotions, wartime terrors, and family dynamics that the story will stay with you long after you finish reading it.