Raeford's MVP

By turns deadly serious and side-splittingly funny, "Raeford's MVP" introduces readers to the world of the 1970s through the eyes of Billy Coker, a nineteen-year old boy poised to finish the last thirty days of his tour of duty in Vietnam.

With his carefree and innocent time at Raeford High still fresh in his memory, Coker attempts to make sense of the horrors of war, the guilt of surviving the violent conflict, and the terror of reentering civilian life where no one seems to understand his terrible experience.

Billy may have escaped death in battle, but his most difficult struggles are still ahead-post-traumatic stress syndrome and psychological impotence plague him as he begins the difficult search to find himself as well as someone special he lost along the way.

From the jungles of Vietnam to a hospital in Japan, from Washington, DC, to Atlanta, and Los Angeles, Billy embarks on an adventurous journey in a courageous attempt to find healing and reconnect with himself, his country, and a little fat girl from his past named Bonnie Jo.