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The soldier's wife a novel

The Soldier's Wife examines how three generations of a family struggle with the impact of war on their relationships, long after the tour of duty is over. Dan Riley is a major in the British Army. After a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, he is coming home to the wife and young daughters he adores. The outside world sees these reunions as a taste of heaven after months of hell ...

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  • "After six months away in Afghanistan, the soldiers come home - to their girlfriends, wives, parents, children. After six months of hell, being home will surely be heaven. Except that it isn't. When Dan returns home to Alexa and their children, all of whom he adores, it's still the army that comes first. Alexa wasn't prepared, when she married a soldier, that she would really be marrying the regiment..."
  • "After six months away in Afghanistan, the soldiers come home - to their girlfriends, wives, parents, children. After six months of hell, being home will surely be heaven. Except that it isn't. When Dan returns home to Alexa and their children, all of whom he adores, it's still the army that comes first. Alexa wasn't prepared, when she married a soldier, that she would really be marrying the regiment."
  • "Dan Riley is a major in the British Army. After a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, he is coming home to the wife and young daughters he adores. The outside world sees these reunions as a taste of heaven after months of hell. But are they? Can a man trained to fight adjust again to family and domestic life? And how will the family cope if he can't? To what extent can Alexa, Dan's wife, sacrifice her own needs and fulfillment to support his commitment to a way of life that demands everything, not just of him, but of her and the children as well? What happens when love and a vocation collide head on?"
  • "The Soldier's Wife examines how three generations of a family struggle with the impact of war on their relationships, long after the tour of duty is over. Dan Riley is a major in the British Army. After a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, he is coming home to the wife and young daughters he adores. The outside world sees these reunions as a taste of heaven after months of hell ..."@en

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  • "Talking books"
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