Letters from Home

Praise for Letters from Home

"An absolutely lovely debut novel." —Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale

"An insightful portrait of the communion between the soldiers who fought for our country and those they left behind. A gripping and memorable story, it is a timeless lesson in love and loss and the moments that shape our lives." —Pamela Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris

"Ambitious and compelling...[a] sweeping debut novel." —Publishers Weekly, December 2010

"Based on love letters author Kristina McMorris' Naval office grandfather once wrote to her grandmother during WWII, this touching story opens at a 1940 USO dance..." —Book summary and photo in Woman's Day

"An absorbing debut, combining the emotional power of The Notebook with the stirring history and drama of Saving Private Ryan. An evocative and compelling storyteller, Kristina McMorris gives us a novel to savor and remember." —Ben Sherwood, bestselling author of The Death & Life of Charlie St. Cloud

"Letters From Home is a romantic, charming debut that evokes the World War II time period in wonderful detail. The likable characters and their varied intrigues kept me happily devouring pages until the end." -—Ellen Baker, author of Keeping The House

"Letters From Home is a tender and heartfelt glimpse of a time long past. While wholly original, it's filled with characters as beloved as your own grandparents. Propelled by the epic sweep of world war, yet warmed by intimate human moments, this story will linger in the reader's memory long after the last page is turned." —Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author

"A great read. From beginning to end, Kristina McMorris spins a compelling tale of chemistry, love, deception, and the labyrinth of emotions that leads to the human heart." —James Michael Pratt, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Valentine

"In a cleverly constructed, skillfully written love story, Kristina McMorris has captured the feelings of the soldiers and their loved ones separated during one of the most trying episodes of our time. Letters From Home sweeps the reader away, and takes those who survived back to a period of love and loss, heroic feats and loss of innocence. Her extensive research and attention to detail honor the veterans of this gruesome war, and holds within its pages the opportunity for a new generation to learn from our fading history." —Honorable Lynn "Buck" Compton, author and famed WWII veteran (portrayed in Band of Brothers)

"An excellent job of storytelling, complete with subplots, and narrative twists, which disguised the outcome until the final pages... lending itself well to a screen version. Powerful and very emotional, happy but bittersweet, like life itself... [with] missed opportunities, misinterpreted signals, and the sometimes cruel vagaries of human existence."—Mark Bando, WWII historian and author (Avenging Eagles, Breakout at Normandy)