{"product_id":"book-od3d","title":"Snapshots Sent Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eSnapshots of truth\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Blatty drew the portraits of veterans with love and honesty . . . fearless, furious, broken, hopeless, hopeful, undeterred as forces of nature. It's so easy to start romanticizing them, especially the fallen ones, yet Blatty respects them too much to turn these courageous spirits into cardboard heroes. They are humans instead, with all their follies, anger, broken hearts, and broken lives. \u003cb\u003eThe power of a great book is that it stays with you long after you finish reading.\u003c\/b\u003e It's been ten years since Russians occupied my hometown. It's two years since my whole country turned into a war zone . . . \u003cb\u003ein the fog of the war, these snapshots of truth are as rare as beams of light.\u003c\/b\u003e\" —Tetyana Strelchenko, director of America House, Kyiv, Ukraine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike many post-9\/11 combat veterans, JT Blatty struggled to regain her sense of purpose in the first years returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq. In 2018, a chance encounter brought her to Ukraine, drawn in by the familiarity of war and those who serve in wars. Over five years, JT captured the oral history and portraits of a tribe of revolutionaries, the Donbas volunteer soldiers. As she embedded with them on the front line in bunkers and forests, and in Kyiv flats, JT's story began to blend with theirs in a universal bond of combat veterans, compelling her to stay as a new war began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis audiobook includes a bonus epilogue by the author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50024924217648,"sku":"BDod3d","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":50024924250416,"sku":"ZEod3d","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":50024924283184,"sku":"ZMod3d","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/od3d-cover.jpg?v=1762563530","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-od3d","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}