My Life as a Foreign Country: A Memoir

by Brian Turner

Book Overview

In 2003, Sergeant Brian Turner crossed the line of departure with a convoy of soldiers headed into the Iraqi desert. Now he lies awake each night beside his sleeping wife, imagining himself as a drone aircraft, hovering over the terrains of Bosnia and Vietnam, Iraq and Northern Ireland, the killing fields of Cambodia and the death camps of Europe.

In this breathtaking memoir, award-winning poet Brian Turner retraces his war experience--pre-deployment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039335184X
• ISBN13: 9780393351842
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"