Home Front
A Novel
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- 47,99 zł
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- 47,99 zł
Publisher Description
"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)
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
In Kristin Hannah’s powerful romantic drama, a military mom discovers how strong her marriage really is when it’s pushed to the brink of destruction. Strong-willed Jolene Larsen worked hard to rebuild her life after the deaths of her alcoholic parents, proudly enlisting in the army and marrying Michael, the man of her dreams. But 12 years later, Jolene’s called up for active duty in Iraq just as her marriage seems to be falling apart. Jolene’s predicament is heart-wrenching—her husband and daughters need her, but so does her country—but a devastating tragedy helps her discover how to put her splintered life back together. Hannah is sensitive and realistic in her depiction of a military family’s unique struggles, from the difficulties of deployment to the agony of PTSD. We laughed and cried right along with Jolene through all of her battles—both at home and abroad.
