Moving Target: A Memoir of Pursuit
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (569 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1931010188 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 379 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Through Arias's extensive research and his job as a reporter covering earthquakes and other disasters, his connection to his parents intensified and he began to understand them in a way that he could not when they were alive.. His father abruptly severed all ties with his sons and disappeared. During the next fourteen years, Arias searched for his father only to find that he had died. Arias's father was a career soldier who was held as a POW during the Second World War and the Korean War. MOVING TARGET is the memoir of journalist Ron Arias. After his return to the United States, his marriage unraveled and Arias's mother died under suspicious circumstances. It is an exploration of his childhood, the search for his father, and the fruit of his desire for a connection between his past and present. Cultural Writing. He then set out to learn as much as he could about his father, eventually discovering that he was actually a spy
I couldn't put "Moving Target" down for even a moment I made the mistake of starting to read "Moving Target" before going to bed one evening; at 3 am I was still unable to put this book down. It's the memoir of Ron Arias, a staff correspondent for People Magazine. It starts out as a biography of Arias' parents. His father, Armando, is being held as a POW in Korea. His mother holds the family together until Armando's return. But this happy event is soon overshadowed by many troubles; Armando is being discredited by the Army, his promotion to captain is delayed (is it because he. Page turner Moving Target: A Memoir of Pursuit: is a page-turner. The pursuit is Ron Arias's search to know who his father really was. Was Armando Arias a hero or a spy? Was he able to escape from prisoner of war camps during World War II because of his skill or because he had made friends with the enemy? Was his ability to get needed items for POWs in Korea because he was friendly with his captors or because he was just clever?Finding the answers was not easy. Armando did not talk about his war experiences with his family and very rar. "chronicle of a military family" according to J. Jacobs. Moving Target, by Ron Arias, is the story of an American family, but not your typical next-door-neighbor kind of family. This is the story of a military family from the perspective of a sensitive, intelligent boy. While fellow army-brats will nod their heads in recognition as they read this memoir, most civilians would be astonished by the impact war and the warrior culture of discipline and rootlessness can have on a marriage and family.Once begun,this book is not easy to put down. It is a chronicle written in a clear, acc