A Journal for Jordan (Movie Tie-In) by Dana Canedy

A Journal for Jordan (Movie Tie-In) by Dana Canedy

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "A hauntingly beautiful account of a family fractured by war . . . filled with vivid and heartbreaking details."--The New York Times Book Review

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * "Full of wonderful treasures offered by a unique and spirited father . . . written with serene grace: part memoir, part love story, all heart."--James McBride, author of The Color of Water
 
In 2005, Dana Canedy's fiancé, First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, began to write what would become a two-hundred-page journal for his son in case he did not make it home from the war in Iraq. He was killed by a roadside bomb on October 14, 2006. His son, Jordan, was seven months old. 

Inspired by his example, Dana was determined to preserve his memory for their son. A Journal for Jordan is a mother's fiercely honest letter to her child about the parent he lost before he could even speak. It is also a father's advice and prayers for the son he will never know.

A father figure to the soldiers under his command, Charles moved naturally into writing to his son. In neat block letters, he counseled him on everything from how to withstand disappointment and deal with adversaries to how to behfrave on a date. And he also wrote of recovering a young soldier's body, piece by piece, from a tank--and the importance of honoring that young man's life. He finished the journal two months before his death while home on a two-week leave, so intoxicated with love for his infant son that he barely slept.

This is also the story of Dana and Charles together--two seemingly mismatched souls who loved each other deeply and lost each other too soon. A Journal for Jordan is a tender introduction, a loving good-bye, a reporter's inquiry into her soldier's life, and a heartrending reminder of the human cost of war.

Simon & Schuster's executive vice president and publisher is Dana Canedy. She was previously the administrator of the Pulitzer Awards and a senior editor at the New York Times, where she worked for twenty years as a writer. She was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2001 for their series on race relations in the United States, How Race Is Lived in America. She grew up near Fort Knox and now lives with her son, Jordan, in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780593442937
ISBN 10	0593442938
Title	A Journal for Jordan (Movie Tie-In)
Author	Dana Canedy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2021-10-19
Number of pages	288
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