Leaving Losapas begins on a tiny atoll in the equatorial Pacific. Leo Markin, a young US Marine and Vietnam combat veteran who survived the war, found himself so changed by the experience that he

Leaving Losapas
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Leaving Losapas begins on a tiny atoll in the equatorial Pacific. Leo Markin, a young US Marine and Vietnam combat veteran who survived the war, found himself so changed by the experience that he simply could not find a way to return to his home, family, and his fiancÃ©e in a working class city of his birth outside of Boston. The islanders in Losapas are kind to himâ€“he had been living there for yearsâ€“and he had found a woman he came to love. Various events conspire to convince him to return to America, but on his return home he feels lost. He has troubling encounters with his aging father, finds that his fiancÃ©e has married another man and appears trapped in an abusive relationship, and his old friends seem like strangers to him. Leo is torn between the peaceful, natural way of life on the island, and the rougher rules of his upbringing. In the end, though he has sworn to turn his back on physical violence, it is an act of physical violence that convinces him the only place he can live is Losapas. When his father suddenly dies, Leo decides to leave the house he inherits to his former fiancÃ©eâ€“thus encouraging her to leave her husbandâ€“and he returns to the life he left behind and to his island lover.
Boston Magazine called Leaving Losapas a â€œgreat surprising bookâ€¦the best novel of the yearâ€¦â€ and The Rocky Mountain News said â€œitâ€™s a wondrous, spiritually rich storyâ€¦Merullo has created something of beautyâ€¦Leaving Losapas will linger in your mind long after you close its pages.â€
Country USA
Brand Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer Houghton Mifflin
Binding Hardcover
EANs 9780395533772
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer	Houghton Mifflin
Binding	Hardcover
EANs	9780395533772
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Leaving Losapas

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