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02889aam a22004334i 4500 001 0B93E090BA1511E788958C3697128E48 003 SILO 005 20171026011520 008 170403t20182018ilub e 000 1 eng 010 $a 2017001440 020 $a 1613739915 (paperback) 020 $a 9781613739914 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)985603752 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d IH9 $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-cn--- 050 00 $a PS3612.A547744 $b A46 2018 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 084 $a FIC000000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Landers, Kirk, $e author. 245 10 $a Alone on the Shield : $b a novel / $c Kirk Landers. 264 1 $a Chicago, Illinois : $b Academy Chicago Publishers, an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated, $c 2018. 300 $a 373 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "I hope you get drafted, I hope you go to Vietnam, I hope you get shot, and I hope you die there. Those words, spoken in the anger of youth, marked the end of the torrid 1960s college romance of Annette DuBose and Gabe Pender. She would marry a fellow antiwar activist and end up immigrating to Canada. He would fight in Vietnam and come home to build an American dream kind of life--a great career, a trophy wife, and a life of wealth and privilege. Forty years later, they have reconnected and discovered a shared passion: solo canoeing in Ontario's raw Quetico wilderness. They decide to meet again to get caught up on old times, but not in a restaurant or coffee shop--they agree to meet on an island deep in the Quetico wilds. Though they try to control their expectations for the rendezvous, they both approach the island with a growing realization of the emotional void in their lives and wonder how different everything might have been if they had spent their lives together. They must overcome challenges just to reach the island, then encounter the greatest challenges of all--each other, and a weather event for the ages. Alone on the Shield is a story about the Vietnam War and the things that connect us. It is the story of aging Baby Boomers, of the rare kinds of people who paddle alone into the wilderness, and of the kind of adventure that comes only to the bold and the brave"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Veterans $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $z Canada $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Baby boom generation $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Romance fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 8 952 $l AWPD207 $d 20230209014532.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829014312.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20200806021354.0 952 $l RMPB397 $d 20191228010300.0 952 $l AAPF906 $d 20190717034621.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006112552.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20171212021314.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20171026011648.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0B93E090BA1511E788958C3697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search