“He had illuminated the heartbreaking cruelty of war: When men who fight become nothing, only packages of bones and blood deposited in the earth with no clarion call to memory, those they love are left without a way to make… — Patricia O'Brien Copy Share Image
“I was seeing what a writer can do with the tatters of truth, the unfinished stories that give us no rest. ” — Patricia O'Brien Copy Share Image
“The women who went to the field, you say... A few names were writ, and by chance live to-day; But's a perishing record fast… — Patricia O'Brien Copy Share Image
“He had illuminated the heartbreaking cruelty of war: When men who fight become nothing, only packages of bones and blood deposited in the earth… — Patricia O'Brien Copy Share Image
“I continued up the stairs, this time on wings, suspecting for the first time that Louisa's book might outlive us all. ” — Patricia O'Brien Copy Share Image
