A Journal for Jordan A Story of Love and Honor

"This book is a gift, and not only to Jordan."USA Today In 2005, First Sergeant Charles Monroe King began to write what would become a two-hundred-page journal for his son in case he did not make it home from the war in Iraq. He was killed by a roadside bomb on October 14, 2006. His son, Jordan, was seven months old.A Journal for Jordanis a mother's letter to her son about the father he lost before he could even speakincluding a fiercely honest account of her search for answers about Charles's death. It is also a father's advice and prayers for the son he will never know. Finally, this is the story of Dana and Charles togethertwo seemingly mismatched souls who loved each other deeply and lost each other too soon.

DANA CANEDY is a senior editor at the New York Times, where she has been a journalist for twelve years. In 2001, she was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for "How Race Is Lived in America," a series on race relations in the United States. Raised near Fort Knox, she lives in New York City with her son, Jordan.


From the Hardcover edition.