{"product_id":"the-hero-next-door-stories-of-patriotism-and-purpose","title":"The Hero Next Door: Stories of Patriotism and Purpose","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartha Raddatz has reported on American troops since September 11. In this book she returns to twelve of the service members she met along the way, and to the families who waited for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA New York Times bestseller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve profiles of U.S. service members from the wars that followed 9\/11, and of the families around them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubjects include naval officer Kevin Shaeffer, who was working in the Pentagon when it was struck on 9\/11; surgeon Rocco Armonda, who treated traumatic brain injuries in Iraq; and pilots Danielle Thiriot and Charles Wickware\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContent note: describes combat and severe wounds, including amputation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, 368 pages, Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026amp; Schuster, 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaddatz met many of these people in war zones and kept in touch for years afterward. Each profile follows one person through the moment that tested them, whether a rescue under fire in Afghanistan, a roadside bomb in Iraq or a morning at the Pentagon, and then through the slower work of recovering, coming home and deciding what to do next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is written for readers of military history and reported nonfiction, for veterans and military families, and for readers of Raddatz's earlier book, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Road Home\u003c\/em\u003e. The book offers portraits of individual lives, not a history of the wars themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMartha Raddatz has covered America's wars for ABC News since September 11, work that has earned her multiple Emmy Awards, a share of a Peabody Award for coverage of 9\/11, and the George C. Marshall Medal. Her earlier book, \u003cem\u003eThe Long Road Home\u003c\/em\u003e, became a 2017 National Geographic miniseries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48026692518037,"sku":"NEW-ING-1668093804","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/upload-1789784852502.jpg?v=1789784854","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/the-hero-next-door-stories-of-patriotism-and-purpose","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}