AMAZON DESCRIPTION
War has taken everything from me. My family. My
home. My innocence. In a country blasted by war and wracked by economic
hardship, a young orphan girl like me has very few options when it comes to
survival. Thus, I do what I must to live, to eat, and I try very hard to not
consider the cost to my soul. My heart is empty, and my existence brutal.
The one impossibility in my life is love.
And then I meet HIM.
The one impossibility in my life is love.
And then I meet HIM.
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War is hell. It takes a chunk out of a
man's very soul to do the kinds of things war demands of you. You live with
fear, you live with guilt, and you live with nightmares. If you haven't been
through it, there's no understanding it. War leaves no room for love, no room
for tenderness or softness. You gotta be hard, closed off, and ready to fight
every moment of every day. Lose focus for a split second, and you're dead.
Now the only thing that can save me is HER.
Now the only thing that can save me is HER.
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Book
Review:
To
say I LOVED this book would be an understatement! This was my first book
dealing with the War in IRAQ
This
is Rania and hunter's Love story but its so much more. There Journey together in
times of war is heart wrenching. While
reading this book a few quotes stuck in my mind the whole time as I read:
“
Stray bullets do not recognize American or Iraqi. They only know soft flesh and
red blood.”- Rania
“I
pray and I let myself cry for him, because if he has a mother, or sister, or a
wife, I know they would want someone to weep his death.”- Rania
Hunter/Rania's story is one of WAR, Fear, Survival, Loss and LOVE (just to name a few things). Lets talk about Hunter........He is a Marine (ooh-rah), orphan, a man trying to find that thing in
life to make him feel complete, and oh ya he’s still in love with his cheating
no good high school sweetheart (READ THE BOOK). Rania is the ROCK of her family, at least what’s left of them. She is a SURVIVOR. On her journey of survival, she has killed, stolen and become the local
town prostitute. Rania and hunter's story
begins after an inner city attack. They both watch the two most important
people left in there lives DIE (Or so they think). After the attack hunter is
badly injured but Rania saves him….. Let the LOVE STORY BEGIN!!!
What
would you do if the lines of communication were open, but you didn't understand
a word? Welcome to rania/ hunter’s world. Struggling with the communication
barrier forced them to get to know/learn about each other through body
language, emotions, etc. The attraction, friendship and LOVE for one another
these two built in this book is AMAZING.
“Her
beauty captured me, imprisoned my capacity for language.”- Hunter
“He
does not just fill my body, my womanhood. He fills ME. My heart, my soul. He
fills the horrible emptiness that has gaped inside me all my life. The moment
he slid into me, I knew, it has just taken me this long to understand the
strange feeling flowing in my veins in place of blood: HAPPINESS.”--
As
this book continues to play out, we see Rania/ Hunter fight for the LOVE they
have built (heart wrenching). Everything from War, Rape, loneliness, heart
break, survival, and love were touched on in this book…....Mrs. wilder never gave
us a dull moment. As I stated before I
LOVED this book. While it was a love story it touched on so many deeper issues which
took it over the top for me.
As I was recovering from my book hangover, I came across this picture.........I don’t think I could have said it better
myself.
Despite
the crap hand of life hunter/Rania were dealt........Once they recognized what
was right in front of them.................They both found that final piece that was
missing: HAPPINESS!
"But for weeks afterward, she sometimes sees that little girl in the mirror, sees her in the flash of hair so black it is almost blue, in the wide, dark brown eye that now hold love, happiness and completion."- Rania
GREAT
JOB MRS. WILDER. You have earned the title of FINE WINE!
Book
Rating: A+/5 stars
Cheers,
Dr.
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