The free
Subtitle: a novel
By: Willy Vlautin
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780062276742
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Adult children of aging parents; Group homes; Divorced men; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Veterans; Interpersonal relations; Fiction
Description: Severely wounded in the Iraq war, Leroy Kervin has lived in a group home for eight years. Frustrated by the simplest daily routines, he finds his existence has become unbearable. An act of desperation helps him disappear deep into his mind, into a world of romance and science fiction, danger and adventure where he is whole once again. Freddie McCall, the night man at Leroy's group home, works two jobs yet still can't make ends meet. He's lost his wife and kids, and the house is next. Medical bills have buried him in debt, a situation that propels him to consider a lucrative '' and dangerous -- proposition. Pauline Hawkins, a nurse, cares for the sick and wounded, including Leroy. She also looks after her mentally ill elderly father. Yet she remains emotionally removed, until she meets a young runaway who touches something deep and unexpected inside her.