I Am a Soldier, Too

Riveting. . . . The straight story on Lynch s remarkable ordeal. --Entertainment Weekly Finely wrought. . . . A vivid portrait of a young woman who fled the familiar and fell into a situation beyond her control. New York Daily News Deftly, respectfully, movingly, Bragg has written Lynch s story with extraordinary powerE. Brave, convincing and wonderfully sweet. --The Baltimore Sun Bragg brilliantly paints a portrait. . . . Lynch s voice is heard, and through her eyes, we learn the importance of what it means to be an American. The Oklahoman Rick Bragg . . . deftly separates fact from conjecture. . . . A convincing record . . . a minor miracle. --Winston Salem Journal Bragg is a gifted wordsmith. He crafts wonderful sentences. . . . He writes lovingly and beautifully about the hills of West Virginia where Lynch was born and raised. --San Francisco Chronicle Bragg tells the story as Jessica lived it . . . [and] in the telling, her story illuminates the stories of countless others. --San Antonio Express-News There is probably more truth--sweet, human, undeniable truth--in Rick Bragg s fine book, I Am A Soldier, Too than we have seen in anything about her experience so far--including the nightly news. For here, captured in Bragg s distinctive prose, his appreciation of working people and their hardships, Jessica Lynch s story comes into its full surround as a quintessentially American journey. --The New Orleans Times-Picayune I Am a Soldier, Too does Jessica Lynch s story justice without contributing to the distortion that has plagued it. --The Plain Dealer A compelling story. --Atlanta Journal-Constitution Lyrical. . . . Bragg is a storyteller. . . . He knows how to use palpable detail to put us inside the emotions of his characters. --Orlando Sentinel Bragg . . . gives a cinematic account of the desperate firefight that mortally wounded Lynch s Army buddy, Lori Piestewa, and 10 others. . . . Lynch s painful recovery . . . is vividly described. --The Philadelphia Inquirer Lynch is a true hero in the best tradition of a nation that intuitively prefers modest honesty to grandstanding bravado. --Los Angeles Times There is a modesty about Lynch in the book . . . that is at odds with the months-long media ruckus over her ordeal. --The Wall Street Journal A gripping account of the fight that engulfed Lynch and 32 fellow members of the 507th Maintenance Company. . . . This book is a survival narrative, a story of fighting against fear and pain and isolation and trying desperately to sustain hope. --Houston Chronicle Bragg skillfully gives the story depth and immediacy. --Ft. Worth Star-Telegram