Ordinary Heroes
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.49 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739322591 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 357 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
But when he discovers, after his father's death, a packet of wartime letters to a former fiancée, and learns of his father's court-martial and imprisonment, he is plunged into the mystery of his family's secret history and driven to uncover the truth about this enigmatic, distant man who'd always refused to talk about his war.As he pieces together his father's past through military archives, letters, and, finally, notes from a memoir his father wrote while in prison, secretly preserved by the officer who defended him, Stewart starts to assemble a dramatic and baffling chain of events. Stewart Dubinsky knew his father had served in World War II. And he'd been told how David Dubin (as his father had Americanized the name that Stewart later reclaimed) had rescued Stewart's mother from the horror of the Balingen concentration camp. In pursuit of Martin, Dubin and his sergeant are parachuted into Bastogne just as the Battle of the Bulge reaches its apex. He learns how Dubin, a JAG lawyer attached to Patton's Third Army and desperate for combat experience, got more than he bargained for when he was ordered to arrest Robert Martin, a wayward OSS officer who, despite his spectacular bravery with the F
. Dubinsky's investigations prove revelatory at first, and life-altering at last. David Dubin's investigation into Martin's activities and of both men's entanglements with fierce, secretive comrade Gita Lodz. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. When retired newspaperman Stewart Dubinsky (last seen in 1987's Presumed Innocent) discovers letters his deceased father wrote during his tour of duty in WWII, a host of family secrets come to light. In Turow's ambitious, fascinating page-turner, a "ferocious curiosity" compels the divorced Dubinsky to study his "remote, circumspect" father's papers, which include love letters written to a fiancée the family had never heard of, and
Could Not Put The Book Down The secret life Of David Dubin, a JAG officer during World War II is revealed to his son Stewart shortly after his death. This revelation was made while his son was going through his father's personal belongings. Letters hidden away in a closet were discovered. It was revealed that his father had been having a love affair with another woman. And if that wasn't enough, he had also been recommended for a court-martial.Stewart is determined to learn everything he can about the father he never really knew. Arduously, . My New Favorite Book! There is no exaggeration when I state that this is my new favorite book. When I read the synopsis of this story, I realized that it did not follow the same court room theme like most of Scott Turow's books. I hate court house dramas. THIS story though was far from Turrow's norm. We follow Stewart Dubinsky as he discovers that his father, David Dubin, was not the bland old man he thought he was.As Stewart is rummaging through his father's things following his death, he notices letters written to his father's former. "War, Love, Intrigue and Heroism--a fictional account of true events" according to Steven A. Chase. Scott Turow is a masterful writer. This was a work of fiction that was written as if it were a son's memoir of his father, and a publishing of his father's account of his war experiences in France and Germany during World War II. The characters were perfectly developed, and I had to keep reminding myself that this was fiction, and not a true account of a man's experience in the terror of war. There were twists and turns and the story never lagged. I felt like this was an accurate portrayal of life on the battlefie