Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter
An NPR Great Read of 2013This stunning debut novel opens in May 2011, when Sara's son, Jason, has been missing for nine days following a Special Operations Forces mission that took place the same night as the bin Laden raid. Knowing nothing more about Jason's fate than the reporters camped out in front of her Pennsylvania farmhouse, Sara--an editor who immersed herself in all things military after her son became a Naval officer--is determined to discover what's happened. Through letters and flashbacks, this haunting novel reveals the profound bond between a mother and her son, as it raises fundamental questions about life choices, the military, war, and service to one's country. With dazzling talent and a unique voice, Lea Carpenter tells a thrilling and unforgettable story.
LEA CARPENTER graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton and has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was valedictorian. She is a Contributing Editor at Esquire and has written the screenplay for Mile 22, a film about CIA's Special Activities Division, directed by Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg and John Malkovich, coming out in July. She is developing Eleven Days for television with Lucy Donnelly (Grey Gardens) and Gideon Raff (Homeland). She lives in New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780307960702 |
| ISBN 10 | 0307960706 |
| Title | Eleven Days |
| Author | Lea Carpenter |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Knopf Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2013-06-18 |
| Number of pages | 270 |
| Prizes | Commended for Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize 2013, Short-listed for Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (Fiction) 2014 |
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