el’s story, Paperback

374 Pages

Elroy, a young man from the deep south, is “duty bound” to join the Marine Corps and enter the Viet Nam War effort.  He returns to the Silver Oaks Plantation a hero and a changed man.  When he brings the love of his life to meet his parents, they are met with confrontation, prejudice, dismay and resistance.  It is a story of relationships, love, prejudice, depression, PTSD and the joy or grief presented with each.