For your tomorrow: the way of an unlikely soldier

The Year Of Magical Thinking Meets Fifteen Days In This Literary Exploration Of One Canadian's Decision To Enlist And Go To War. What Compels A Young, Affluent Canadian To Put On A Uniform And Risk His Life For The Controversial Mission In Afghanistan? And How Does His Family Cope With His Loss When He Is Killed There? Jeff Francis Was A Thirty-year-old Doctoral Candidate And Student Of Buddhism When He Decided That Joining The Armed Forces Was The Best Way To Make A Difference In The World. In Elegant, Spare Prose That Captures Both The Hardness Of War And The Nuances Of A Grieving Family, Melanie Murray - Captain Francis's Aunt - Uses The Lens Of His Life And Death To Give Canada's War In Afghanistan The Perceptive, Literary Treatment Its Soldiers, Families And Citizens Deserve.