Home Front

With this bold and contemporary depiction of a husband and wife, in love and at war, Kristin Hannah delves into the personal terrain of a broken marriage in this powerful book.

Every marriage has an end to it. Every family has scars. Every conflict has a cost...

The stresses of ordinary life—children, professions, debts, chores—are faced by Michael and Jolene Zarkades, as many other couples do, even while their twelve-year marriage is disintegrating. Subsequently, Jolene is sent far from safe havens, leaving Michael, the defense lawyer, alone to raise their two daughters alone. As a mother, Jolene finds it very difficult to part from her family, but as a soldier, she has always known what it is to be really duty-bound. She hides the reality from her family by painting a romanticized picture of her life on the front lines in her letters home. However, Jolene would undergo changes from the conflict that none of them could have predicted. When tragedy befalls, Michael has to confront his deepest fear and wage a personal war for all that is important to his family.

Home Front is a narrative of love, grief, bravery, honor, and finally hope. It is also a dramatic examination of the toll that the war takes on a typical American family. At the same time, it offers a truly honest look at contemporary marriage.