Overview
America is at war in Vietnam. And the McMaster family is at war over the war - and much more. Michael McMaster believes his power-couple parents have grown complacent, forgetting the progressive impulses that once inspired them. His parents - foreign policy mandarin Alan and writer-politico Anna - believe their son is committing the folly of the young, spurning their wisdom on to how to change a fundamentally conservative society. The Unmooring traces Michael's journey as he rejects his family's lifestyle, falls in love with a talented black actress, and becomes a politically engaged journalist. The journey takes Michael from the front lines of the civil rights struggle to the battlefields of Vietnam and the upheavals of 1968. It is a landscape like today's, scarred by polarization, social conflict, official deceit and generational tensions. Michael's journey challenges his capacity to grasp America's deep racial fissures and tests the love he and his wife Riva feel for each other - especially when a tragedy forces Riva to re-examine the premises of her life. As the era closes, both son and father face life-defining choices - and take sharply divergent paths.
Full Product Details
Author: Ken Fireman
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Imprint: Black Rose Writing
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.526kg
ISBN: 9781685130589
ISBN 10: 1685130585
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 03 November 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""[A] powerful novel of social and political transformation. ... captures the ideals, promise, energy, and tumultuous social, political, and psychological transformations of the times."" - D. Donovan, Midwest Book Review ★★★★★""[C]omplex and intelligently-penned ... showcases the 1960s for all its flaws but also gives optimism for what comes after. ... Books like this are sorely needed to remind us of the progress made, and what is truly at stake should we lose it."" - K.C. Finn, Reader's Favorite ★★★★★ ""... a must read for those interested in the U.S. political environment of the 1960s. ... Fireman's writing style is compelling, the characters engaging, and the drama intriguing."" - Florence Osmund, IndieReader"
Author Information
As a young activist, Ken Fireman participated in many of the events narrated in The Unmooring, from civil rights picket lines to the 1967 march on the Pentagon and the street protests at the 1968 Democratic convention. He went on to a career as a journalist, covering wars and upheaval in Russia and the Persian Gulf, and the inner workings of Washington as a White House and Pentagon correspondent.
