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"No one writes with more authority or cool-eyed compassion about the experience of women in war both on and off the battlefield than Helen Benedict. In Wolf Season, she shows us the complicated ways in which the lives of those who serve and those who don't intertwine and how - regardless of whether you are a soldier, the family of a soldier, or a refugee - the war follows you and your children for generations. Wolf Season is more than a novel for our times; it should be required reading." - Elissa Schappell, author of Use Me and Blueprints for Building Better Girls"Fierce and vivid and full of hope, this story of trauma and resilience, of love and family, of mutual aid and solidarity in the aftermath of a brutal war is nothing short of magic.
About the Author
Helen Benedict (www.helenbenedict.com) is the prize-winning author of twelve books, the last three of which are about the Iraq War. Her latest novel, "Wolf Season," will be published by Bellevue Literary Press in October 2017 and follows the lives of three women and their young children living in upstate New York. After a hurricane devastates their town, Rin, an Iraq War veteran, tries to protect her blind daughter and the three wolves under her care. Naema, a widowed doctor who fled Iraq with her wounded son, faces life-threatening injuries. Beth, who is raising a troubled son, waits out her marine husband's deployment in Afghanistan, equally afraid of him coming home and of him never returning at all. As they struggle to maintain their humanity and find hope, their war-torn lives collide in a way that will affect their entire community.
Early praise for "Wolf Season":
"No one writes with more authority or cool-eyed compassion about the experience of women in war both on and off the battlefield than Helen Benedict. In Wolf Season, she shows us the complicated ways in which the lives of those who serve and those who don't intertwine and how - regardless of whether you are a soldier, the family of a soldier, or a refugee - the war follows you and your children for generations. Wolf Season is more than a novel for our times; it should be required reading."
- Elissa Schappell, author of "Use Me" and "Blueprints for Building Better Girls"
"Fierce and vivid and full of hope, this story of trauma and resilience, of love and family, of mutual aid and solidarity in the aftermath of a brutal war is nothing short of magic. Helen Benedict is the voice of an American conscience that has all too often been silenced. To read these pages is to be transported to a world beyond hype and propaganda to see the human cost of war up close. This is not a novel that allows you to walk away unchanged."
- Cara Hoffman, author of "Be Safe I Love You" and "Running"
"A novel of love, loss, and survival, Wolf Season delves into the complexities and murk of the after-war with blazing clarity. You will come to treasure these characters for their strengths and foibles alike. Helen Benedict has delivered yet again, and contemporary war literature is much the better for it."
- Matt Gallagher, author of "Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little War" and "Youngblood"
Benedict's novel "Sand Queen" is about a female soldier and an Iraqi civilian in the war. The book came out in paperback in August, 2012 from Soho Press.
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Robert Olen Butler said about the book, "Every war eventually yields works of art which transcend politics and history and illuminate our shared humanity. Helen Benedict's brilliant new novel
