Thanks to Lauren Burnstein of Berkley/NAL, I am giving away one print copy of Casualties by Elizabeth Marro.
Description Of Casualties by Elizabeth Marro
A heartbreaking and insightful debut novel about the wars we fight overseas, at home, and within our own hearts.
Some come back whole. Some come back broken. Some just never come back…
As an executive for one of the most successful military defense contractors in the country, Ruth Nolan should have been thrilled when her troubled son, Robbie, chose to join the marines. But she wasn’t. She was terrified.
So, when he returns home to San Diego after his second tour in Iraq, apparently unscathed, it feels like a chance to start over and make things right—until a scandal at work tears her away from their reunion. By the next morning, Robbie is gone. A note arrives for Ruth in the mail a few days later saying, “I’m sorry for everything. It’s not your fault. I love you.”
Without a backward glance, Ruth packs up Robbie’s ashes and drives east, heading away from her guilt and regret. But the closer she gets to the coast she was born on, the more evident it becomes that she won’t outrun her demons—eventually, she’ll have to face them and confront the painful truth about her past, her choices, the war, and her son.
About Elizabeth Marro
Elizabeth Marro’s work has appeared in The San Diego Reader, The Gloucester Daily Times, LiteraryMama.com, and elsewhere. A long-time resident of the “North Country” region of New Hampshire, she holds degrees from the University of New Hampshire and Rutgers University, and now lives in San Diego. Casualties is her first novel. Read more about her at http://elizabethmarro.com.
Giveaway Of Elizabeth Marro’s Casualties
This giveaway is open to the U.S only and ends on February 19, 2016 12 AM Pacific. Entries are accepted via Rafflecopter only.
This sounds like such a relevant book. Thanks for the giveaway!
Very timely aeffects the war has abroad& on the soldier&their families then they come home.
This sounds like a very compelling book, very relevant today.
I appreciate the gravity of the thematic content and always love an ambitious novelist; it’s also a great cover as well as a great story to tell. Thanks for bringing this book to my attention (and maybe to my bedside table 😉 Cheers, Kara S