![]() Levi’s growing comprehension of Boaz’s internal turmoil is gracefully and powerfully evoked. ![]() Refraining from making political judgments about current conflicts, Reinhardt personalizes a soldier’s traumas in terms civilians can understand. Walking side by side with his brother all the way to Washington, D.C., visiting ex-Marines and soldiers’ families along the way, Levi learns more about his brother’s experiences-like why he’s stopped riding in automobiles-than Boaz can explain outright. Using a route marked on a map Boaz left behind, Levi follows Boaz’s path and eventually catches up with him. After isolating himself from the family, Boaz announces his plans to hike the Appalachian Trail, yet Levi suspects his brother has another itinerary in mind. Levis older brother Boaz returns from fighting with the Marines in the Middle East. But he seems to be a different person: withdrawn and uncommunicative. Buy a cheap copy of The Things a Brother Knows book by Dana Reinhardt. ![]() Three years after joining the Marines and serving overseas, Levi Katznelson’s brother, Boaz, returns to his Boston suburb a hero. With exceptional sensitivity, Reinhardt (How to Build a House) chronicles a soldier’s troubling homecoming, in this timely novel told from his younger brother’s point of view. ![]()
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