Sparta by Roxana Robinson

Conrad Farrell is a college kid in New York state, studying the classics, who decides to join the Marines. He is deployed to Iraq and ends up in the thick of the fighting. Like all the other Marines, he dreams of home. But once he actually gets home, he finds he doesn't fit into the "real world" anymore. Noises startle him. He's hyper-vigilant. He can't sleep.He can't talk about what's bothering him. And he can't get his memories of Iraq out of his head.

Sparta is a searing account of Con's struggles to return to civilian life--and his frustrating attempts to get help. Roxane Robinson interviewed a number of Iraq War vets and the authenticity of the details shows. We can see the real toll that war takes on the warriors, even those who seemingly come back whole.