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    Stoneheart: A Path of Identity and Redemption
    Stoneheart: A Path of Identity and Redemption
    Stoneheart: A Path of Identity and Redemption
    Audiobook10 hours

    Stoneheart: A Path of Identity and Redemption

    Written by Baer Charlton

    Narrated by Alex Knox

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    2014 PULITZER PRIZE NOMINEE

    Gunnery Sergeant Stone, if nothing else, is a survivor.

    Stone is a walking mental time-bomb like so many others who have lost their compass. If he can't find his center and path, he may never get back.


    Walking away confused. from the only home and family he has ever known, he has a phone in his pocket—he does not know how to use, a pesky yeoman stalking his every move, and is on an $800 motorcycle, headed west from Bethesda, MD searching for what it means to be a civilian, and what makes home, home.

    In an effort to find his peace, he ends up beside a tranquil lake, watching a perfect sunset.

    And then the phone rings . . .

    .

    .

    Thousands of military have come back--but couldn't find their way home. If you ever served, had a loved one who did, or just know someone--this is the book for you, and a gift for them.

    Through the power of the internet, you can buy today, a gift for someone serving this country--somewhere else in the world. And they can start reading it tonight. Add that person to your cart now--they will thank you tomorrow.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMordant Media
    Release dateMar 1, 2018
    ISBN9780997179552
    Stoneheart: A Path of Identity and Redemption
    Author

    Baer Charlton

    Amazon Best Seller, Baer Charlton, is a degreed Social-Anthropologist. His many interests have led him around the world in search of the different and unique. As an internationally recognized photojournalist, he has tracked mountain gorillas, sailed across the Atlantic, driven numerous vehicles for combined million-plus miles, raced motorcycles and sports cars, and hiked mountain passes in sunshine and snow.    Baer writes from the philosophy that everyone has a story. But, inside of that story is another story that is better. It is those stories that drive his stories. There is no more complex and wonderful story then ones that come from the human experience. Whether it is dragons and bears that are people; a Marine finding his way home as a civilian, two under-cover cops doing bad to do good in Los Angeles, or a tow truck driving detective and his family—Mr. Charlton’s stories are all driven by the characters you come to think of as friends.

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    • 1/5
      It's very disheartening for a book to be misrepresented. When I'm short on time to select a book, I frequently look to those books that have won awards or been finalists to help me select my next book. It only took me a few minutes, however, to realize that this book was not actually a Pulitzer Prize nominee or finalist. The metaphors were strained, the prose was abrupt, and the vignettes were only barely connected.
      I am guessing that the work was submitted to the Pulitzer committee, which does not make a book a nominee. It makes it an "entrant." The Pulitzer Prize web site’s frequently asked questions section describes their policy as follows: "Nominated Finalists are selected by the Nominating Juries for each category as finalists in the competition. The Pulitzer Prize Board generally selects the Pulitzer Prize Winners from the three nominated finalists in each category. The names of nominated finalists have been announced only since 1980. Work that has been submitted for Prize consideration but not chosen as either a nominated finalist or a winner is termed an entry or submission. No information on entrants is provided. Since 1980, when we began to announce nominated finalists, we have used the term 'nominee' for entrants who became finalists. We discourage someone saying he or she was 'nominated' for a Pulitzer simply because an entry was sent to us."
    • 4/5
      Stoneheart is a novel of place that passes through many places; a novel of people that brings many strangers to life; and a novel of redemption that redeems both people and place.Soldiers carry wounds both visible and invisible, and this novel addresses them with deep compassion. But ordinary citizens carry wounds too, especially in the present world where old securities betray us. Author Baer Charlton bridges those gaps between soldier and civilian, PTSD and physical trauma, and deliberate and accidental wounds with honest empathy. Health fails. Nature betrays. Finances dwindle. And businesses are lost in this modern world; no longer the place this novel’s protagonist knew before going to war, and not the world he knew for 39 years as a gunnery sergeant. There again, Stone can’t be the same person he was either. Everything’s changed, and everything’s waiting to build on what was lost…Stoneheart is a story filled with heart—not just Stone’s heart for those he knew before and the new friends he makes, but the sort of heart that invites readers to stop and listen awhile, maybe hearing their own heartbeat as it echoes in the sound of another’s. Easy judgements are cast aside when they come across human realities. Life-changing mistakes become openings for life-building change. The past can be redeemed… and the wounded… and the lost. And time spent in this novel might change the reader.Stoneheart is told from multiple points of view—sometimes confusing as befits the world of a man cast out from all that used to define him; sometimes longwinded to match the lengthy silence of loneliness; always honest, and with pitch-perfect conversation, fascinating characters, glorious scenery… yes, and powerful heart. The premise reveals itself slowly, coming to the fore at just the right time to resolve readers’ surfacing questions. And the whole becomes a parable for our times, a promise for our people, and a beautiful picture for our land.Disclosure: I was given a copy and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
    • 4/5
      Baer's books center around family. Not the "nuclear family" politicians and religious nuts bang on about; but the family we choose. In every book, people find each other and take care of each other in ways which make me tear up in wistfulness. Wouldn't it be lovely if we could all find a large group of people who, upon meeting us, took us in and gave us what we needed?Stoneheart is about a grizzled marine who finds himself retired, and no idea of who, where, or what he belongs to. He travels the country helping other vets and builds a community along the way. Physically, the community comes together and builds a compound in Oregon to serve the vets and loggers in a rural area who have suffered at the hands of war, forest fires and greedy business men.While not perfect, Baer's books are good reading, and often provoke emotions and thoughts. How can I make my life better to serve others? I do especially recommend Stoneheart.