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Ordinary Heroes

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 Stewart Dubinsky knew his father had served in World War II. And he'd been told how David Dubin (as his father had Americanized the name that Stewart later reclaimed) had rescued Stewart's mother from the horror of the Balingen concentration camp. But when he discovers, after his father's death, a packet of wartime letters to a former fiancée, and learns of his father's court-martial and imprisonment, he is plunged into the mystery of his family's secret history and driven to uncover the truth about this enigmatic, distant man who'd always refused to talk about his war.

As he pieces together his father's past through military archives, letters, and, finally, notes from a memoir his father wrote while in prison, secretly preserved by the officer who defended him, Stewart starts to assemble a dramatic and baffling chain of events. He learns how Dubin, a JAG lawyer attached to Patton's Third Army and desperate for combat experience, got more than he bargained for when he was ordered to arrest Robert Martin, a wayward OSS officer who, despite his spectacular bravery with the French Resistance, appeared to be acting on orders other than his commanders'. In pursuit of Martin, Dubin and his sergeant are parachuted into Bastogne just as the Battle of the Bulge reaches its apex. Pressed into the leadership of a desperately depleted rifle company, the men are forced to abandon their quest for Martin and his fiery, maddeningly elusive comrade, Gita, as they fight for their lives through carnage and chaos, the likes of which Dubin could never have imagined.

In reconstructing the terrible events and agonizing choices his father faced on the battlefield, in the courtroom, and in love, Stewart gains a closer understanding of his past, of his father's character, and of the brutal nature of war itself.©2005 Scott Turow; (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Military War Emotionally Gripping Inspiring Imperialism
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i rarely write reviews, you know why coz reviews creates bias in reader's mind whether if a book is good or bad. should i read/listen to it as others have given it 4.5 or 4.8 stars or should i read it nonetheless. there's is no measure to judge a book. For some people a book may mean life or death for some people same book may mean utter rubbish. So why taint a book with a review, why let others make a decision based on your own personal experiences. How to write a review which is exceptionally unbiased, how to tell fellow readers that you in here for a treat or a piece of crap -- To be honest, i dont know. What i know is, that after listening/reading to hundreds of books on WW1/WW2, i have some notion in mind that this one is just may be on my top 10 ever. I have 3 reasons, 1. Beautifully narrated, 2. True or almost very close to true history. 3. it's not history at all, it's a biography written in a super intelligent and interesting way. It's something which made me call my mom and dad the moment i finished it, and god honest truth i am sure not one single book on any topic ever made do that. And i talk to my parents quite often. So why i did what i did. i dont know. just fxkng listen to this book.

One of the best ever

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Great story, very well performed. Highly recommended, particularly good as an audiobook. Inspires me to look at other books by the same author

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