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DESCRIPTION:Local author and subject of the award-winning documentary Sev
 ere Clear\, Mike Scotti\, will be having a special book signing and disc
 ussion of The Blue Cascade: A Memoir of Life After War on May 19 at Barn
 es and Noble in Eatontown (Monmouth Mall\, Route 35.) The event is from 
 2 to 3:30 p.m. and is open to the public.\nIn The Blue Cascade\, the aut
 hor and subject of the award-wining documentary Severe Clear\, &nbsp\;ch
 arts a course from the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan through his r
 e-acclimation to civilian life. Rather than own up to the fact that he w
 as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder\, Scotti charged ahead 
 with his postwar plans to work Wall Street\, &ldquo\;where men waged fin
 ancial warfare upon one another.&rdquo\; But the more time passed\, the 
 more&nbsp\;the ambitious former-Marine found himself engaged in a privat
 e battle against alcohol-fueled rages and the &ldquo\;blue cascade&rdquo
 \; of depression. Haunted by scenes of battlefield savagery he could not
  forget\, Scotti contemplated suicide.\nIn his memoir\, called an &ldquo
 \;unflinchingly honest account of an ex-Marine's struggle to re-acclimat
 e to civilian life after returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom\,&rdquo\
 ; by Kirkus Reviews\, Scotti reveals that sometimes the hardest battle i
 s the one after the war. He eventually emerges with the wisdom that for 
 sufferers of post-traumatic stress\, &ldquo\;it&rsquo\;s ok if you&rsquo
 \;re not ok.&rdquo\;
URL:http://howell.patch.com/events/mike-scotti-book-signing-at-barnes-nob
 le
SUMMARY:Mike Scotti Book Signing at Barnes &amp\; Noble
LOCATION:Monmouth Mall\, 180 Route 35\, Eatontown\, NJ 07724: Monmouth Ma
 ll\, 180 Route 35\, Eatontown\, NJ
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