Description

In this magical realism novel, a mysterious yard sale sends a Vietnam vet on a mission to save his counterpart, a veteran from the Afghanistan war.
When a secondhand shop owner, acquires an old army helmet and some love letters at a mysterious yard sale, she doesn't know where to start. Visions of a young soldier's departure for war and his plea to "save my son's life" swirl in her head. At the same time, her boyfriend gets a cryptic message from his deceased mother, and drives the four hours from Connecticut to Pennsylvania to check in on her. Together they begin to unravel the mystery set in motion by the yard sale. When they enlist the help of her father, a Vietnam vet, they find themselves way out of their league. Her father calls on his veteran buddies for an assist and the whole crew embarks on a mission to save a recently retired soldier from himself. But it won't be easy. First they have to find him.