Thumbprint: A Story
A short story from critically acclaimed, bestselling author Joe Hill about a young woman who returns home from a military tour in the Middle East . . . and her dark past follows closely behind.
A short story from critically acclaimed, bestselling author Joe Hill about a young woman who returns home from a military tour in the Middle East . . . and her dark past follows closely behind.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B0092QAMUQ
Publish date: October 23rd 2012
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages no: 42
Edition language: English
A veteran from the Iraqi war comes back to the states to live in the house of her recently deceased father and begins bartending at a local bar. One night she finds a patron passed out in the parking lot and promptly steals the money out of his wallet and the wedding ring off of his finger. Soon aft...
A mediocre story with the uninspired realization riding on the wave of revelations of atrocities committed in Iraq and Abu Ghraib
Here we are again Mr. Hill, with a book that starts good but with an ending that makes me just as frustrated as the last short story I read written by you. This is so tormenting that I don't know if I should continue with your short stories but I probably will...
A nasty little piece of work. Mr Hill's mastery of the short story proves effective in comics format. http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2013/12/speaking-of-disturbing-graphic-novels.html
"You’d be surprised what you can do to people".I haven’t read or watched a lot of fiction that has to do with war. I've only really seen a handful of movies and the majority of them paint soldiers in a glowing light. I’m not about to sit here and criticize those who put themselves directly in harm’s...