Homefront

Stories

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Pub Date Jan 30 2024 | Archive Date Feb 29 2024

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Description

Inspired by Victoria Kelly’s experiences as the wife of a fighter pilot during three wartime deployments, this collection follows women whose lives have been impacted by war and military service as they struggle with their fragile ideas of home. 

In “Prayers of an American Wife,” a Navy wife grapples with loneliness when she discovers that her neighbor, also a Navy wife, is having an affair while their husbands are deployed on the same aircraft carrier. Tensions rise in “The Strangers of Dubai” as a soldier on leave tries to buy his wife a souvenir from an Afghan vendor. After attending eight funerals with fellow military wives whose husbands died in the Iraq war, the protagonist in “Finding the Good Light” divorces her Navy husband and tries to start a new life as a movie star. These, along with the eleven other stories in this collection, explore the emotional landscape of the resilient women who remain on the homefront.

Kelly’s stories offer readers an intimate, eye-opening look into the sacrifices and steadfastness of military family members.
 

Inspired by Victoria Kelly’s experiences as the wife of a fighter pilot during three wartime deployments, this collection follows women whose lives have been impacted by war and military service as...


A Note From the Publisher

Primary market: Wives/Family of military personnel
Secondary market: Women (age 18-55+)

Primary market: Wives/Family of military personnel
Secondary market: Women (age 18-55+)


Advance Praise

“If you’ve given up on the power of the short story, this book will change your mind for good. In Homefront, Kelly gives us characters tied together by a proximity to war, but it’s truly America’s story, in the hands of a master of the genre.” —Karin Tanabe, author of The Sunset Crowd

“Victoria Kelly leverages her skills as a writer with her own experiences as a fighter pilot’s spouse to capture military life from fourteen unique and engaging perspectives. Homefront is beautiful, heartbreaking, and unflinchingly honest.” —Ward Carroll, author of Punk's War, YouTuber, and retired naval aviator

“Victoria Kelly has penned gorgeous short stories in Homefront that encompass the deep nuances within families affiliated with the military. Written tenderly and respectfully, each thought-provoking story is a page-turner and a new experience, allowing me to take a breath and dive into the intricacies and important daily lives of her characters.” —Tif Marcelo, USA Today bestselling author of In a Book Club Far Away

“In a market overwhelmed by male voices and perspectives, Homefront adds important diversity to the literary landscape and does so in a powerful way. Kelly’s writing is exceptional, the characters are interesting, the writing about military culture is convincing, and the storylines are thoughtful and well-paced. Every aspect of Homefront is authentic.” —Caleb Cage, U.S. Army veteran, author of Desert Mementos: Stories of Iraq and Nevada

“The stories that comprise Homefront wrestle with classic dilemmas of desire and regret, hope and loss, in new and often wrenching ways. In this superb, eminently readable collection, Victoria Kelly cements herself as one of our great chroniclers of the war and peace found in contemporary American life.” —Matt Gallagher, author of Daybreak and Youngblood

“If you’ve given up on the power of the short story, this book will change your mind for good. In Homefront, Kelly gives us characters tied together by a proximity to war, but it’s truly America’s...


Marketing Plan

● Military / veteran / military spouses

● Themes: Home, family, loneliness, identity, love, loyalty

● PTSD



● Military / veteran / military spouses

● Themes: Home, family, loneliness, identity, love, loyalty

● PTSD




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ISBN 9781647791445
PRICE $22.00 (USD)
PAGES 172

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I really appreciate the perspective of these stories, women attached to the military. Working class women. The stories are solid. Some better than others. Definitely a story collection I'll be suggesting to people.

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This book deals with many relationships and all the issues that come along life. Each story will find you engrossed in the relationships and issues. You will enjoy each story.

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