Comments on: Favorite Books of 2007 http://www.openculture.com/2007/12/favorite_books_of_2007.html The best free cultural & educational media on the web Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:30:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Deb http://www.openculture.com/2007/12/favorite_books_of_2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-2772 Deb Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:51:40 +0000 http://www.oculture.com/2007/12/favorite_books_of_2007.html#comment-2772 My favorite book of 2007 will actually be published in January - "Life Class" by Pat Barker. Barker won a Booker some time ago for a book in her WW I trilogy and she re-visits that terrain in "Life Class." What struck me hardest was the gulf she describes between those who have witnessed and participated in war and those that haven't. What can we do to bridge that awful gap when the troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan? My favorite book of 2007 will actually be published in January – “Life Class” by Pat Barker. Barker won a Booker some time ago for a book in her WW I trilogy and she re-visits that terrain in “Life Class.”

What struck me hardest was the gulf she describes between those who have witnessed and participated in war and those that haven’t.
What can we do to bridge that awful gap when the troops come home from Iraq and Afghanistan?

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