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Andy Symonds

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Washington, DC, The United States

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Military, War, Navy Seals

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Hemingway, Salinger, Bret Easton Ellis, Eric Blehm

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Mr. Symonds is an award-winning journalist who published his first novel in the summer of 2015. "My Father's Son" is the story of a young man whose father, a decorated Navy SEAL, is killed in combat in Afghanistan.

His second novel, "Enemy in the Wire," features some of the same characters from "My Father's Son," but is more of a SpecOps thriller. Former Navy SEAL Christopher Mark McKinley worked with Mr. Symonds extensively on the book. It is due out in spring, 2017. ...more

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	Reality Check: Making the Best of The Situation - How I Overcame Addiction, Loss, and Prison by Mike Sorrentino, Andy Symonds (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 12,578 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Man in the Arena: From Fighting ISIS to Fighting for My Freedom by Eddie Gallagher, Andrea Gallagher (Goodreads Author), Andy Symonds (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 608 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deliberate Discomfort: How U.S. Special Operations Forces Overcome Fear and Dare to Win by Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable by Jason Van Camp, Andy Symonds (Goodreads Author) (Primary Contributor) 4.37 avg rating — 257 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aaron Carter: An Incomplete Story of an Incomplete Life by Andy Symonds (Goodreads Author), Aaron Carter 4.11 avg rating — 45 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Excerpt from "My Father's Son"

IT WAS MY MOM’S SCREAM from downstairs that finally shook me out of bed that morning. It couldn’t have been more than a moment after the doorbell rang and she left my room, but somehow I had managed to drift back into a protective sleep.

Suddenly I found myself standing at that sunny window in my bedroom, shades ripped back, my short breaths fogging the panes that just minutes before had brought l Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 16, 2015 06:32 • Tags: military, navy-seals, seals

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The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

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“We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf"

--Opening to "My Father's Son," attributed to George Orwell”
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