F Mark Granato

Finding David F Mark Granato

Publisher Marketing: When aimless, nineteen-year-old boyhood friends catch war fever at the height of the Vietnam conflict, they dream of adventure, glory and the romance of victory. Within weeks of beginning their combat tour as U. S. Marines, one is dead, a hero who has selflessly sacrificed his life to save his friend. Grievously wounded, the comatose survivor fights to stay alive for the girl they both loved. "Finding David" is the touching story of young, unfinished lives, unquenchable love, broken hearts and haunted minds, and an enduring devotion to "Semper Fi" - always faithful. Although "Finding David" is a work of fiction, it is based on a war that fifty years later is still a source of pain that changed America forever. For many of those who fought the battles of Vietnam and returned to a deeply divided country, the scars of their service are often unhealed and untreated. It was in the wake of Vietnam that we began to recognize and confront one of war's most horrific legacies: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. "Finding David" is a story dedicated to a nineteen-year-old friend and classmate, David Michael Kirk, who survived just fifty-five days in the jungles of Vietnam as a U. S. Marine, in the hope that it helps to continue to raise awareness of the desperate need for greater efforts to help those suffering from PTSD. Contributor Bio:  Granato, F Mark F. Mark Granato's long career as a writer, journalist, novelist and communications executive in a US based, multi-national Fortune 50 company has provided him with extensive international experience on nearly every continent. Today he is finally fulfilling a lifetime desire to write and especially to explore the "What if?" questions of history. In addition to "Out Of Reach," he has published the acclaimed novel, "Finding David," a love story chronicling the anguish of Vietnam PTSD victims and their families that was nominated for a 2013 Pulitzer Prize, "The Barn Find," chronicling the saga of a Connecticut family brought to its knees by tragedy that fights to find redemption, "Of Winds and Rage," a suspense novel based on the 1938 Great New England Hurricane, "Beneath His Wings: The Plot to Murder Lindbergh," and "Titanic: The Final Voyage." He writes from Wethersfield, Connecticut under the watchful eye of his faithful German Shepherd, "Groban." Readers are encouraged to visit with Mark on his Facebook page at "Author F. Mark Granato" or at fmgranato@aol.com.