Many of the soldiers in our voluntary force have served multiple deployments in the Middle East and are returning to wives and children whose own lives are altered by their anxiety and fear, according to Bannerman, the wife a returning serviceman. These veterans are often struggling with PTSD, depression, substance abuse, anger issues, and life-altering injuries. Bannerman, who has become an advocate for these families, interweaves her own personal story of coping with those of others she has met in veterans’ hospitals, online, and in person. She recounts tales of physical abuse, suicide attempts, divorces, frustrations, and isolation as the caregiving parents, wives, husbands, and children look for ways to understand the horrors these soldiers have witnessed.--Booklist
