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Beyond the Wall: The Journey Home
For Dennis Michaels, a Vietnam combat veteran waging an invisible forty-year battle with survivor's guilt and PTSD, life changes when he mentors an Iraq War veteran undergoing rehabilitation at Walter Reed Medical Center. Seeking to transform pain into healing, this warrior of old and warrior of today share glimpses into a world seldom discussed as they navigate their journey home and honor their Marine code of conduct: Never leave anyone behind. Formerly titled Still the Monkey, What Happens to Warriors after War (ISBN 978-0-9788417-3-7), this revised 2nd edition is an acclaimed must read.
314 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 2007
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About the author
Alivia C. Tagliaferri
2 books34 followersAlivia Tagliaferri is an author, producer, documentary filmmaker and founder of Ironcutter Media.
Her debut novel, Beyond the Wall: The Journey Home (2nd Edition: November, 2009), is a work of historical fiction that chronicles the journey of a Vietnam veteran mentoring an Iraq War veteran as they navigate their way home after combat. (1st Edition titled 'Still the Monkey: What Happens to Warriors after War?)
Called “a moving novel” by Vietnam Veterans of America Magazine, “powerful and poignant” by Midwest Book Review, and “an important book” by a professor of psychology at Brown University, the novel has received recognition from the veteran, military and mental health communities for its stirring story and non-biased portrayal of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Impassioned to better understand post-combat issues in America, Tagliaferri subsequently directed and produced Beyond the Wall: Homeless Zone to explore factors that lead to homelessness among veterans. The documentary premiered at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the 2010 GI Film Festival, and has been selected to air on Discovery Military Channel.
She founded Ironcutter Media, LLC in 2004 as a platform for independent artists to share their creative works with social value. Based in Washington, D.C., the company provides publishing, media production and creative consulting services.
An alumnus of Pennsylvania State University (BA, History, 1999), Tagliaferri is actively engaged in how we as a society can best support returning warriors. Understanding the power of good guidance, she enjoys being a professional mentor for high school students at West Potomac Academy (Alexandria, VA) pursuing creative careers.
Her debut novel, Beyond the Wall: The Journey Home (2nd Edition: November, 2009), is a work of historical fiction that chronicles the journey of a Vietnam veteran mentoring an Iraq War veteran as they navigate their way home after combat. (1st Edition titled 'Still the Monkey: What Happens to Warriors after War?)
Called “a moving novel” by Vietnam Veterans of America Magazine, “powerful and poignant” by Midwest Book Review, and “an important book” by a professor of psychology at Brown University, the novel has received recognition from the veteran, military and mental health communities for its stirring story and non-biased portrayal of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Impassioned to better understand post-combat issues in America, Tagliaferri subsequently directed and produced Beyond the Wall: Homeless Zone to explore factors that lead to homelessness among veterans. The documentary premiered at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the 2010 GI Film Festival, and has been selected to air on Discovery Military Channel.
She founded Ironcutter Media, LLC in 2004 as a platform for independent artists to share their creative works with social value. Based in Washington, D.C., the company provides publishing, media production and creative consulting services.
An alumnus of Pennsylvania State University (BA, History, 1999), Tagliaferri is actively engaged in how we as a society can best support returning warriors. Understanding the power of good guidance, she enjoys being a professional mentor for high school students at West Potomac Academy (Alexandria, VA) pursuing creative careers.
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January 30, 2017
This is a fantastic read. It captures a narrative of the REAL struggle of PTSD in a way that makes the reader think. I can't even count the times where I had to pause and think about, comprehend, and feel my reaction to what it is that I had just read.
August 7, 2018
Well written book about PTSD after war by a local author near my hometown. She brings a soldier from Vietnam together with a soldier from Iraq to help each other through their wounds and PTSD stemming from survivors guilt. An honest look mostly at Vietnam and what a soldier goes through adjusting to war and then home. Definitely a unique perspective. More about the adjustment of being a soldier under such a terrible war than the war itself. On my list as a must read! It has me turning pages and wanting to learn more while gripping at my heart.
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June 16, 2017Halfway through it. Very good book
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