Book for June

So my last year of college up here at UAA I took a short story class that I really loved. We read a book called The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien. It was short stories that were all tied together and related and were about his experiences serving in Vietnam. When I bought that book I payed $40 for it because that's the only copy they had. I was pretty mad that it was that expensive but I figured I would just sell it back after the semester. Well, I loved the book so much I kept it and it's pretty cool because it's a first edition. Anyway, this is the book for June: In the Lake of the Woods. Here is a little synopsis:

1994 If you thought you knew "Tim O'Brien" after reading his last novel, now he tells you that it could all be illusion. The hero of this novel, John Wade, thinks he has erased his presence at the My Lai massacre. It isn't part of the stories he tells his wife or a part of his senate campaign. When the truth comes out, his wife finds out she doesn't know the man she married.

"ITL" received the James Fenimore Cooper Prize from the Society of American Historians and was named best novel of the year by Time magazine.

I haven't read this book or heard much of it until now, I just think it sounds interesting and I LOVE Tim O'Brien. Also, they made it into a Hallmark Hall of Fame cheesy movie, so it shouldn't be too offensive content-wise. So, there it is. I'm off to Hawaii tonight so I'm going to the bookstore to buy this for the trip. Meanwhile, I really liked Rebecca, but I did not like the ending. Though, it was pretty dramatic that Manderley burned. Bummer. Anyway, enjoy friends.