In a military family, every member serves

Raised in the shadow of war, Ted and Marina Diamond marry, parent twins, Lauren and Theo, and set out to forge the perfect military family, disciplined and tight-knit, talented and sociable. Over time, the perpetual uprooting, rigid rules, and hovering violence take their toll. Bonds fray, begetting secrets. Family members have their different stories to tell, before the curiosity of a mysterious grandchild prompts tenuous reconciliation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

An Air Force brat who landed on the civilian faculty of the US Naval Academy, Molly Best Tinsley taught literature and creative writing before the publication of her first novel My Life with Darwin prompted her heading west to write full-time. Countless stories later, Ohio State University brought out her collection, Throwing Knives, which won the Sandstone Prize and the Oregon Book Award. Two spy thrillers and a literary mystery later, she began tinkering with the pieces of A Modest Trumpet Fanfare, the novel she’d been preparing to write her whole life.