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Uncovering a grandfather’s deadly military secret demands dangerous family accountability
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Disciplinarian

A Family Secret, a Cop's Crime, and the Military Protecting Their Own

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  • Paperback

    250 pages

  • Release Date

    11 May 2027

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Summary

An evocative and deeply personal investigation into secrecy, accountability, and inherited trauma in the Canadian Armed Forces

On a warm spring night in 1971, spent drinking away his Korean War memories, Sergeant Martin Thompson took a life on home soil: He decapitated Phillip Birch with his shiny blue Chevy. With his military police privilege, Martin’s crime became a secret buried by both his Armed Forces family and his biological one.

When Kelly S. Thompson …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781770418691
ISBN-10:1770418695
Author:Kelly S. Thompson
Publisher:ECW Press,Canada
Imprint:ECW Press,Canada
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:250
Release Date:11 May 2027
Weight:237g
Dimensions:152mm x 229mm
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Disciplinarian by Kelly S. Thompson - ISBN: 9781770418691
152 × 229 mm
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About The Author

Kelly S. Thompson

Kelly S. Thompson is a former officer in the Canadian Armed Forces with a Ph.D. in creative writing. She now teaches the King’s University MFA in nonfiction. Both of her memoirs, Girls Need Not Apply and Still, I Cannot Save You (shortlisted for the Evelyn Richardson Nonfiction Award), were instant national bestsellers. She lives in Comox, BC.

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