Genre: Fiction
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 2012
Pages: 400
Rating: Highly Recommend
Synopsis: 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.
Review: This year I want to read books that have been stuck in my "To Be Read" pile for awhile, and Home Front is one of those. I checked it out from the library when it was new and never got around to it. That said, I can't believe it's 5 years old already. I hadn't realized that I shelved it for that long.
I loved it. I sobbed through the first few chapters, and went on the emotional roller coaster that Kristin Hannah writes so well, and by the end, couldn't let go.
From following Kristin Hannah on Facebook, I know she has liberal political leanings, but somehow she managed to write a war novel in such a way that you wouldn't know that. She didn't use this as a platform and just told a story as only she can.
Other Kristin Hannah Novels
Angel Falls
Summer Island
The Four Winds
The Great Alone
The Enchantment
The Nightingale
The Women
True Colors
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