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Signature Wound: Rocking TBI (Doonesbury Collection) |  | Author: G. B. Trudeau
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 73253
Media: Paperback
Edition: Original
Pages: 120
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 6 x 0.4
ISBN: 0740791966
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780740791963
ASIN: 0740791966
Publication Date: May 11, 2010
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Product Description
Signature Wound: Rocking TBI completes a trilogy of Doonesbury books that examines the impact of combat on American soldiers in Iraq.A twist of fate brings B. D. to the bedside of SFC Leo Deluca (a.k.a. Toggle), a young HUMV driver and headbanger whose love of ear-bleed battle music had sonically distracted him enough to get his vehicle blown up. Missing an eye and suffering from aphasia, Toggle fights to recover from traumatic brain injury (TBI), a journey of recovery that brings out the best in B. D., his former commander. Toggle's tattooed, metalhead mom initially has reservations about his improbable Facebook romance with an MIT tech-head named Alex, but love blooms. As this engaging story unfolds, Toggle finds himself drawn toward a career in the recording industry, undaunted by the limitations of the New Normal that now defines his life. Crafted with the same kind of insight, humor, and respect that prompted the Pentagon and the VA to host signings of the two previous books in the trilogy, Signature Wound is a perceptive and timely look at the contemporary soldier's experience.
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One of the Better "Doonesbury" Storylines May 29, 2010
tvtv3 (Sorento, IL United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
SIGNATURE WOUND: ROCKING TBI is the last part of a trilogy of "Doonesbury" books focusing on the impact of combat on American soldiers in Iraq. The first two books in the series focus on B.D. a long-standing featured "Doonesbury" character who lost his leg to a rocket-propelled grenade. In SIGNATURE WOUND, the storyline focuses on a new character to the "Doonesbury" universe, Leo "Toggle" Deluca, a member of B.D.'s company. Toggle gets blown up by a vehicle born improvised explosive device (VBIED) after being distracted while listening to heavy metal music. His life is saved but he loses an eye, is left with aphasia, and finds himself trying to recover from the traumatic brain injury (TBI) that the explosion gives him. B.D. flies to Washington until Toggle recovers. Later, Toggle returns home and begins a serious Facebook relationship with a MIT student named Alex Doonsebury that turns into the real thing.
I read "Doonesbury" in the newspaper, but I don't enjoy many of the storylines in the strip. The SIGNATURE WOUND storyline is one that I actually did really enjoy. "Toggle" is a great character and I'm glad that Trudeau has decided to make Toggle a featured character instead of a secondary one. SIGNATURE WOUND provides a semi-realistic look at what a battle-worn soldier with TBI goes through, done in a moving, non-sentimental way that isn't preachy. I kind of wish more of "Doonesbury" strips were like that.
It should be noted that the author proceeds from the sale of this book benefit Fisher House, a program that helps provides military families a place to stay nearby the places where their injured military family member is recovering.
One of the best books I've read this year. August 21, 2010
Frederick Norwood (Mountain Home, TN)
I recommend this book even for people who don't usually read comics. It's a great story about the problems of wounded vets, told with realism and humor and not a drop of maudlin sentimentality.
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