Warrior

<b>A heart-rending(Anna Quindlen <i>Newsweek</i>) memoir-in-verse that speaks to a mother's love for her son</b> <p/> When Frances Richey's only child Ben a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Green Beret went on the first of his two deployments to Iraq she began to write the twenty-eight unflinching poems that make up <i>The Warrior</i>. This urgent and intensely personal collection describes the world of those who wait while their loved ones are in combat or perilous situations; it is universal in its expression of the longing anguish love and hope that constitute close relationships.