Publisher's Synopsis
Written in 22 quatrains, this poem tells the story of a child whose father is a sergent in the British army, sent out to fight in Afghanistan. Seen entirely through the eyes of the child, the reasons for the adults' actions are only partly understood. His (or her) home, mum, dad, family members and friends are the child's world and the people who live in Afghanistan are shadowy figures he or she does not understand. The climax comes when the 'big green army plane' brings Dad home. The reader is sure that the plane will be bringing a body home, but the twist is that the father comes home alive; but now a man who no longer plays and laughs with his wife and child, but sits for hours and stares out of the living-room window towards the land 'beyond the morning sun'.
