Unbreaking the Circle - Stories of Service by SouthWest Writers, Dan Wetmore (contributor and editor)

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Author's Synopsis

The circle often serves as a symbol of completeness. But military service often breaks circles—of place, time, relationships (with others and with self), and sometimes of life—breaks borne by family members and caregivers as well. Unbreaking the Circle is an anthology of recollections by those three groups, stories which range from pride in service, to the trials of combat and their echoes into civilian life, to sacrifices made, unexpected moments of humor, and life-long bonds formed. Funded by a grant from The New Mexico Arts & The Military program, the anthology was a project to promote healing by the authors, and forge stronger connections with those around them: to re-forge the circle of community broken by silence born of fear, since expressions of their experiences—so deeply seated as to be inseparable from their identities—can only be made at risk of having not only their work... but themselves... misunderstood or rejected.

Format(s) for review: Paper Only
Review genre: Other—Anthology/Collection
Pages/Word count: 365 / 97,000