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Named one of the 5 Best in Modern War Fiction, alongside The Yellow Birds and Billy Lynn's Long Half-Time Walk - The Sunday Telegraph (UK)Lauren Clay has returned from a tour of duty in Iraq just in time to spend the holidays with her family. Before she enlisted, Lauren, a classically trained singer, and her brother Danny, a bright young boy obsessed with Arctic exploration, made the most of their modest circumstances, escaping into their imaginations and forming an indestructible bond. Joining the army allowed Lauren to continue to provide for her family, but it came at a great cost. When she arrives home unexpectedly, it's clear to everyone in their rural New York town that something is wrong. But her father is so happy to have her home that he ignores her odd behavior and the repeated phone calls from an army psychologist.
About the Author
Cara Hoffman is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Running (a New York Times Editor's Choice) , Be Safe I Love You (nominated for a Folio Prize) and So Much Pretty (New York Times Best Suspense Novel of 2011) . She has written for Rolling Stone, the New York Times, The Paris Review, and National Public Radio, among others, and has been a visiting writer at University of Oxford. She lives in Manhattan and teaches at the Stonecoast MFA program at University of Southern Maine.
