{"product_id":"the-lonely-veterans-guide-to-companionship-paperback-softback-9780299350741","title":"The Lonely Veteran's Guide to Companionship (Paperback \/ softback) 9780299350741","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Lonely Veteran's Guide to Companionship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBronson Lemer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299350741\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 April 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Bronson Lemer doesn’t just ‘write’ essays, he excavates them—digging deep within himself and the wider world to bring readers toward greater truths.” - B.J. Hollars, author of \u003ci\u003eYear of Plenty: A Family's Season of Grief\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this collection of interrelated essays, Bronson Lemer explores companionship through the lens of a queer veteran, focusing on the difficulty of forming true connections with others, including a “battle buddy” during basic training, the people he meets while teaching in China, and the spirit of a long-dead older sister. Lemer uses lessons from popular culture and literature—the globe-trotting exploits of fictional criminal Carmen Sandiego, the sexual exploration in Baldwin’s \u003ci\u003eGiovanni’s Room\u003c\/i\u003e, the expatriate longing in Hemingway’s \u003ci\u003eA Moveable Feast\u003c\/i\u003e, just to name a few—as a means to think more broadly about the role of the outsider and how we navigate aimlessness while searching for stability and meaning. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lemer’s distinct take on the veteran’s story boldly engages the intersection of military narratives and queer culture, including examinations into the role of thirst traps in contemporary dating culture, the fears of long-term health damage caused by military service, and the ways in which intimate relationships can lead to a loss of self. Taken together, his essays illustrate how one queer veteran managed to carve out a path that led him, however awkwardly at times, closer to the person he wanted to be.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGumshoe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWithers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBattle Buddy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWolf Pack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to Reintegrate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSea Legs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStalactites\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWho Doesn’\u003cbr\u003et\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Think I’\u003cbr\u003em a Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Sailor’\u003cbr\u003es Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA One-Time Thing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThirst \u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e Trap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFalse Start\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChameleon Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreathe In\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA New State of Being\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530916229400,"sku":"9780299350741","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-lonely-veterans-guide-to-companionship-paperback-softback-9780299350741","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}