Stoneheart by Baer CharltonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Stone a Gunnery Sargent, retires after 39 years in the service. He is medically retired due to a traumatic head injury causing his left eyesight to come and go. His entire life has been the military. If you know anyone that has retired after a lifetime of service, transition to civilian life is very difficult. My dad retired after over twenty years of service and it was not an easy transition for him.
Having no remaining living family members Stone has no home to return to after being medically retired. He purchases a motorcycle and begins traveling, meeting people, attempting to deal with his PTSD and THI. He is on a journey of discovery when he gets a phone call that changes everything.
I enjoyed this journey with Stone and the people he met along the way. This is a well written story that needs to be told for the benefit of our returning troops with physical and mental disabilities from their service to our country. It is eyeopening what little is done for the rehabilitation and medical/mental treatment for our troops. Baer's characters are wonderfully developed and I connected with all of them. Through the laughter, angst and yes a few tears, a wonderful story emerges.
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