Ebook {Epub PDF} Once in a Blue Year by Michael D. Durkota

 · “Once in a Blue Year” started as a 13 page short story about a guy who might have fallen in love with his best friend’s wife. Navy service was only a brief mention. I expanded that part of the story and began to explore the pressures placed on young enlisted sailors, boys who were in high school one day and then at war on a nuclear submarine the next day. Essentially they are forced to Missing: Michael D. Durkota. Once in a Blue Year begins during the first days of the Gulf War, with two navy barracks roommates remaining onshore as their submarine leaves without them. Unraveling through different points of view in both present action and flashbacks, the story follows Dan, who is conflicted about receiving a medical discharge, and Trevor, who is seething with anger over the incident that forced him to miss his /5(30).  · Michael D. Durkota, a former submariner in the U.S. Navy, holds a master of fine arts degree in fiction from the University of Pittsburgh. His debut novel, Once in a Blue Year, follows two friends during the Persian Gulf War as they struggle with /5.

Michael D. Durkota, a former submariner in the U.S. Navy, holds a master of fine arts degree in fiction from the University of Pittsburgh. His debut nove. Once in a Blue Year: A Novel by Michael D. Durkota Rogue13 Publications. book review by Donna Ford "There is nowhere to hide on a submarine. There are only ladders to nothing, rooms with gradually closing walls no escape.". Once In A Blue Year by Michael Durkota opens up a world as fascinating as it is informative, and shows us not just the military struggles that affected Dan and Trevor, but perhaps more importantly, their struggles to reintegrate back into society and their lives on a much more personal level.

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