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    "description": "&ldquo;Patiently, and unflinchingly, Ackerman is becoming one of the great poet laureates of America&rsquo;s tragic adventurism across the globe.&rdquo; &mdash;Pico Iyer<br><br> Eden lies in a hospital bed, unable to move or speak. His wife Mary spends every day on the sofa in his room. We see them through the eyes of Eden&rsquo;s best friend, a fellow Marine who didn&rsquo;t make it back home&mdash;and who must relive the secrets held between all three of them as he waits for Eden to finally, mercifully die and join him in whatever comes after.<br> &#160;<br> A breathtakingly spare and shattering novel that explores the unseen aftereffects&mdash;and unacknowledged casualties&mdash;of war, <i>Waiting for Eden</i> is a piercingly insightful, deeply felt meditation on loyalty, friendship, betrayal, and love.<br> &#160;<br> &ldquo;The Tim O&rsquo;Brien of our era.&rdquo; &mdash;<i>Vogue<br></i><br> &ldquo;Devastating.&rdquo; &mdash;<i>The Wall Street Journal<br></i><br> &ldquo;Haunting. . . . Daring.&rdquo; &mdash;<i>The Boston Globe<br></i><br> &ldquo;Heart-wrenching.&rdquo; &mdash;NPR",
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