Souvenir, James R. Benn
Souvenir, James R. Benn
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Souvenir

Author: James R. Benn

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 12 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/17/2013

Synopsis

Secrets trail an American soldier from his Depression upbringing to the cold winter battles in the Ardennes Forest in the last months of World War II and through the postwar decades, as he struggles to keep his family from being torn apart while keeping the truth buried close to his heart. Clay Brock, proprietor of Jake's Tavern, has endured terrible losses throughout his life. In 1964, he is working to build a life for his wife and son, only to see everything he's worked for threatened by forces beyond his control. To keep his family from breaking apart, he must confront the very secret he has kept buried. For Clay, the war has never been over and his foxhole buddy Jake Burnett never far from his thoughts. At two crucial points in his life, as a young father and later as an old man at the dawn of a new and unfamiliar century, his memories draw him back until he must confront them and speak the truth. But at what cost?

About James R. Benn

James R. Benn is the author of the Billy Boyle World War II Mystery series, which includes the novels Billy Boyle, The First Wave, Blood Alone, Evil for Evil, Rag and Bone, and A Mortal Terror. A librarian for many years, he now writes full time and lives in Hadlyme, Connecticut.

About Peter Berkrot

Peter Berkrot, a forty-year veteran of stage and screen, has voiced over 450 audiobook titles, winning Earphones Awards, a 2012 Audie Award nomination, and a 2016 Audie Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mike on November 05, 2020

Wow, not the book I expected from reading and enjoying the James Benn's Billy Boyle series. Read this to see what men do in war and what they do when they get back. I knew some vets from WW II and the one thing I learned is the guys who said little were the guys who saw stuff. This gives them a voic......more

Goodreads review by PLS on September 30, 2017

Audiobook: Another representation of the true, nitty-gritty experiences of war and consequent effects. Loss of one star due to the difficulty in keeping time periods straight. In one case a character was dead, then presented as alive and disabled, then alive, healthy young, then.... Particularly con......more

Goodreads review by Candace on June 18, 2021

wow. a great read that kept me glued to each page. James Benn at his best.......more

Goodreads review by April on April 09, 2025

Loved the story and would love to see it on screen.......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on January 11, 2015

This was a wonderful book that meshed good old World War II settings involving mainly the Battle of the Bulge but with a much bigger overarching story regarding friendships and obviously "souvenirs" that people carry with them. The story follows the main character from three different times in his l......more

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