A Special ProvidenceA moving, ironic, and often heartbreaking exploration of post war America by the author of Revolutionary Road. Bobby is eighteen and lost on the battlefields of Europe, stumbling his way through World War II. He has not turned out to be the heroic soldier he imagined, and his experience of battle principally involves fear and confusion. Back home, his mother Alice puts all her hopes in her son and dreams of his return and starting a new life for them