{"product_id":"my-detachment-a-memoir","title":"My Detachment: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMountains Beyond Mountains \u003c\/i\u003epresents an \"acerbic, honest, moving memoir\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) of his tour of duty in Vietnam.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"With a terrible beauty, [\u003ci\u003eMy Detachment\u003c\/i\u003e] tells an old story--the illusions of war--in a new and compelling way.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gripping . . . remarkable . . . poignant . . . perfectly rendered by one of our most original writers.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Detachment\u003c\/i\u003e is a war story like none you have ever read before, an unromanticized portrait of a young man coming of age in the controversial war that defined a generation. Master storyteller Tracy Kidder reflects on his service in Vietnam, looking back at himself from across three and a half decades and confessions how, as a young lieutenant, he sought to borrow from the tragedy around him and to imagine himself a romantic hero. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnrelentingly honest, rueful, and revealing, \u003ci\u003eMy Detachment\u003c\/i\u003e gives us war without heroism, while preserving those rare moments of redeeming grace in the midst of lunacy and danger. The officers and soldiers of \u003ci\u003eMy Detachment \u003c\/i\u003eare not the sort of people who appear in war movies--they are the ones who appear only in war, and they are unforgettable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eCHICAGO TRIBUNE \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51944141652199,"sku":"9780812976168","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_f99f7900-57b9-40ec-b695-12d6a06f8160.jpg?v=1775353609","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/my-detachment-a-memoir","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}