"Home Front is Hannah's crowning achievement."—The Huffington Post In 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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"My thanks to Kristen Hannah for addressing a difficult topic in a most readable fashion. Homefront brings the reader inside a family facing the reality of mom being sent off to Iraq as a helicopter pilot, a view into military life in Iraq and the difficult life of a soldier returning home. Much of the story deals with relationships, which Kristen does well. I loved the way she treated the PTS issue so that the reader understood the many ramifications of this syndrome. It is hard for those of us in the US not directly affected by this conflict in the middle east to understand what soldiers and their families need to deal with on return to civilian life and this novel makes the subject very real for the reader."
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Jeanette (5 out of 5 stars)