Homefront

Author : Kristin Hannah
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250858238

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"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)

Author : Doris Gwaltney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416995722

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Homefront by Doris Gwaltney Pdf

Set during World War II, this novel tells the story of a young girl who realizes what matters most in the face of the realities of war.

Author : Shawn D. Haley,Ellie Braun-Haley
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1571813233

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War on the Homefront by Shawn D. Haley,Ellie Braun-Haley Pdf

About half of the women in the United States and Canada have been physically or sexually assaulted after the age of 16. The figures in other countries are similar. Written by an outsider (an anthropologist) and an insider (a spousal abuse survivor), this book offers a humanistic, rather than statistical, overview of the problem of spousal abuse. It is based on an extensive set of interviews with abused women and individuals who seek to help them (shelter workers, police officers, marriage counselors). More particularly, it follows four women as they move through the steps they must follow to extricate themselves from an abusive relationship and then get on with their lives. The reader witnesses their success and failures as they face a task that is both necessary and daunting, and the effects that spousal abuse (and at attempts stopping the abuse) have on an ever-widening circle of people. This book illustrates how society in general and individuals and organizations in particular help and hinder the process of extrication - often at the same time. By analyzing the solutions, and their implications, that have been offered to and by the abused women, the authors arrive at a set of alternative solutions that could significantly reduce the incidence of spouse abuse in the future.

Author : Allie Pleiter
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459227880

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Homefront Hero by Allie Pleiter Pdf

Dashing and valiantly wounded, Captain John Gallows could have stepped straight out of an army recruitment poster. Leanne Sample can't help being impressed—although the lovely Red Cross nurse tries to hide it. She knows better than to get attached to the daring captain who is only home to heal and help rally support for the war's final push. As soon as he's well enough, he'll rush back to Europe, back to war—and far away from South Carolina and Leanne. But when an epidemic strikes close to home, John comes to realize what it truly means to be a hero—Leanne's hero.

Author : Chuck Logan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780060570200

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Homefront by Chuck Logan Pdf

Thriller.

Author : Jillian Hart
Publisher : Steeple Hill
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426825774

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Homefront Holiday by Jillian Hart Pdf

A heart full of love for the orphaned boy he saved from a war-torn country? Check. Adoption forms filled out? Check. Yet M.A.S.H. surgeon Mike Montgomery is barely back on U.S. soil when his plans are squashed. Someone else has already petitioned to adopt little Ali: Sarah Alpert, the boy's foster mother—and Mike's former fiancée. Sarah broke his heart, but he won't break hers by sticking around. Until a little boy puts his holiday wish—for the mom and dad of his dreams—into adorable action.

Author : Lyn Cote,Allie Pleiter
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369701725

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Heartland Courtship & Homefront Hero by Lyn Cote,Allie Pleiter Pdf

New hope for a soldier Heartland Courtship by Lyn Cote Quaker Rachel Woolsey’s plans to have her own bakery and homestead seem out of reach—until the handsome ex-soldier she nurses back to health offers to help her. At first, Brennan Merriday intends to stay in Pepin, Wisconsin, only long enough to repay his debt to the pretty baker. But soon he longs to rescue dreams of family—for both of them Homefront Hero by Allie Pleiter Dashing and valiantly wounded, Captain John Gallows could have stepped straight out of an army recruitment poster. Leanne Sample can’t help being impressed—although the lovely Red Cross nurse tries to hide it. She knows as soon as he’s well enough, he’ll rush back to war—and far away from South Carolina. But when an epidemic strikes close to home, John comes to realize what it truly means to be a hero—Leanne’s hero. USA TODAY Bestselling Author Lyn Cote

Author : Christopher C. Verga
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467147187

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World War II Long Island: The Homefront in Nassau and Suffolk by Christopher C. Verga Pdf

Long Island was transformed from a pastoral rural community to a modern suburban behemoth by playing an integral role in the homefront of World War II. Dozens of Nazi spies infiltrated industry throughout the island and communicated industrial secrets back to Germany as the FBI chased them down. Long Island held the record for producing the most fighter planes in the country with the rapid rebirth of its aviation sector. Five Medal of Honor recipients called the region home. At the close of the war, the United Nations established itself in a weapons factory in Lake Success. Author Christopher Verga charts the rise of Long Island and its role in World War II.

Author : Stephanie Innes,Harry Endrulat
Publisher : Pajama Press Inc.
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781927485132

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Bear on the Homefront by Stephanie Innes,Harry Endrulat Pdf

During World War II, 10 000 children from British were sent to Canada and other nations away from the war zone. Grace and William Chambers are two guest children, who cross the ocean and meet Aileen Rogers, a nurse serving on the homefront, with her is Teddy the stuffed bear. When William and Grace disembark at their host's praire farm, their stuffed friend goes with them.

Author : Winston M. Estes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1977-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0380017687

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Homefront by Winston M. Estes Pdf

Author : D W Hanneken
Publisher : Ten16 Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1645381277

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The Home Front by D W Hanneken Pdf

Set in rural Wisconsin during 1944-1945, this story centers around Maggie Wentworth, a wife, mother and farmer who struggles to keep her life in balance after her physically abusive husband is shipped to Europe during WWII. She has to deal with the challenges of an aging father, a young son, and the temptation of an attractive German POW.

Author : Rita Williams-Garcia
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-30
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062823939

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Like Sisters on the Homefront by Rita Williams-Garcia Pdf

Rita Williams-Garcia’s masterful and bold Coretta Scott King Honor Book is fresh, funny, and powerfully relevant. This novel by a master storyteller and Newbery Honor-winning author is about one girl’s discovery of her family history—and her own place within it. When fourteen-year-old Gayle gets in trouble with a boy—again—her mother doesn’t give her a choice: Gayle is getting sent away from New York to her family down South, along with her baby, José. In a small town in Georgia, there is nowhere to go but church, nothing to do but chores, and no friends except her goody-goody, big-boned, kneesock-wearing cousin, Cookie. Gayle is stuck cleaning up after Great, the old family matriarch who stays upstairs in her bed. But the more she spends time with Cookie and Great, Gayle learns about her family’s history and secrets, stretching all the way back through the preachers and ancestors of the past. And slowly, the stories of her roots begin to change how Gayle sees her future. Like Sisters on the Homefront is a fast, gritty read about mistakes, second chances, and family. A strong choice for summer reading and for sparking conversation in the classroom or at home.

Author : Kate Darian-Smith
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0522859259

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On the Home Front by Kate Darian-Smith Pdf

What really happened on the Australian home front during the Second World War? For the people of Melbourne these were years of social dislocation and increased government interference in all aspects of daily life. On the Home Front is the story of their work, leisure, relationships and their fears—for by 1942 the city was pitted with air raid trenches, and in the half-light of the brownout Melburnians awaited a Japanese invasion. As women left the home to replace men in factories and offices, the traditional roles of mothers and wives were challenged. The presence of thousands of American soldiers in Melbourne raised new questions about Australian nationalism and identity, and the 'carnival spirit' of many on the home front created anxiety about the issues of drunkenness, gambling and sexuality. Kate Darian-Smith's classic and evocative study of Melbourne in wartime draws upon the memories of men and women who lived through those turbulent years when society grappled with the tensions between a restrictive government and new opportunities for social and sexual freedoms.

Author : Mark Jonathan Harris,Franklin D. Mitchell,Steven J. Schechter
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015005745487

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The Homefront by Mark Jonathan Harris,Franklin D. Mitchell,Steven J. Schechter Pdf

Includes primary sources on defense workers, women during the war, conscientious objectors, scrap metal collection and recycling, racial issues on the homefront, and civil defense.

Author : Patti Davis,P Davis,Maureen Stange Foster
Publisher : Ivy Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1987-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0804101108

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Home Front by Patti Davis,P Davis,Maureen Stange Foster Pdf

In her touching and candidly autobiographical novel, Patti Davis, the daughter of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, tells the story of Beth Canfield and her coming of age in the America of the late '60s and early '70s. Over two months on the New York Times Bestseller List.