Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir

One of the New York Times Book Reviews 10 Best Books of the Year. A daughters unforgettable memoir of her wild and haunted father a man whose war never really ended.. From her charismatic father Danielle Trussoni learned how to rock and roll outrun the police and never shy away from a fight. Spending hour upon hour trailing him around the bars and honky-tonks of La Crosse Wisconsin young Danielle grew up fascinated by stories of her dads adventures as a tunnel rat in Vietnam where hed risked his life crawling head first into narrow passageways to search for American POWs.. A vivid and poignant portrait of a daughters relationship with her father this funny heartbreaking and beautifully written memoir Falling Through the Earth makes plain that the horror of war doesnt end in the trenches (Vanity Fair).