Home Front

By Kristin Hannah

This book was AMAZING! I really loved every page of it, it even almost made me cry... almost, (I am heartless...) But it was so good I really LOVED every page!!! When I picked it up to read I didn't realize that it was by the same author as Winter Garden... My fav book last year!!! Really if you have a best friend, or family you need to read this book!!!

Would I recommend it? YES!!! It is the perfect weekend read!

Now, in her most emotionally powerful story yet, she 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 an unexpected 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 Frontis a story of love, loss, heroism, honor, and ultimately, hope.