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      The Hero

      by Paul Almond
      Published
      Sep 2014
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
      Pages
      280
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      Eric Alford, one of the brave but shell-shocked soldiers of WWI, sets out during Canada's Great Depression to find his British sweetheart. He ends up in Australia, where he finally wins ordination as a clergyman. After an emotionally fraught round the world trip, he arrives home in Quebec only to find his traumas growing worse. He continues to battle it as bravely as he did the enemy, causing heart-rending anguish to himself, his loving bride and his only son. Set in the turbulent twenties and thirties, this story of an earlier hero mirrors with horrifying force the PTSD that afflicts our returning troops today, and offers uplifting lessons about the unquenchable human spirit.

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      General Fiction

      Subgenres

      Historical

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      First Edition Sep 2014 Red Deer Press ISBN13 9780889955257 ISBN10 0889955255
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      Sep 2014 Red Deer Press ISBN13 9781552443422 ISBN10 1552443426
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      Sep 2014 Red Deer Press ISBN10 B07NSFZZPT
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