Home Front
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Kristin Hannah
"Home Front is Hannah's crowning achievement."—The Huffington PostIn this powerhouse of a novel, Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of a husband and wife, in love and at war.All marriages have a breaking point. All families have wounds. All wars have a cost. . . .Like many couples, Michael and Jolene Zarkades have to face the pressures of everyday life—children, careers, bills, chores—even as their twelve-year marriage is falling apart. Then a deployment sends Jolene deep into harm's way and leaves defense attorney Michael at home, unaccustomed to being a single parent to their two girls. As a mother, it agonizes Jolene to leave her family, but as a solider, she has always understood the true meaning of duty. In her letters home, she paints a rose-colored version of her life on the front lines, shielding her family from the truth. But war will change Jolene in ways that none of them could have foreseen. When tragedy strikes, Michael must face his darkest fear and fight a battle of his own—for everything that matters to his family.At once a profoundly honest look at modern marriage and a dramatic exploration of the toll war takes on an ordinary American family, Home Front is a story of love, loss, heroism, honor, and ultimately, hope."Hannah has written a remarkable tale of duty, love, strength, and hope that is at times poignant and always thoroughly captivating and relevant." —Library Journal (starred review)
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Author
Kristin Hannah
Pages
400
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2012-01-31
ISBN
1429942215 9781429942218
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"This one was hard for me to get into. The start was a bit slow. Overall it was a good book just a slow start."
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Beth Scott
"It reminds us of what our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines do for our country and what happens when they come back. Good read."
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Adrianna Damiani
"I love when she talks about her childhood in Alaska & of course when she gets out of it. I read this book when I was very ill, in the hospital and pregnant; I was really missing my babies and my husband was working more hours then he ever had. It was everything I ever needed and I’m not sure why!"
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