Eleven days
Subtitle: a novel
By: Lea Carpenter
Edition: First Vintage Contemporaries edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780307951038
Subjects: United States; Mothers and sons; United States. Navy. SEALs; Mystery fiction; Family relationships; Soldiers; Suspense fiction; Mother-son relationship; United States Navy SEALs; Fiction
Description: A haunting narrative about a mother's bond with her son; about life choices; about the military, war, and service to one's country. Sara's son Jason is missing from a Special Operations Forces mission undertaken on the same night as the Bin Laden raid. As Sara waits for news, in a series of flashbacks we learn about Jason's absentee father, while through letters home from his training and early missions, we get a picture of Jason as a strong, compassionate leader who is wise beyond his years and modest about his abilities. Those exceptional abilities give Jason the chance to participate in a wholly different level of assignment, the most important and dangerous of his career.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270).