Life After Deployment captures the tender and moving stories of military families during their reunion. Service members and their spouses, parents, fiancées, and children share the joy and anxiety of homecoming, the adjustments of living together again, and how they coped with anger, depression, PTSD, injuries, grief, and other challenges.
Some families had fairytale endings. Most worked hard to rebuild their relationships after much time and change. A few suffered great losses. These military families talk candidly about what their experience was really like, offering hope and advice to others who walk this journey.
Karen Pavlicin
Karen is the author of Surviving Deployment and Life After Deployment; the poem “Love Letters” in Military Life: Stories and Poems for Children; the children’s novel Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow’s Nest/Summer of Courage; and the Circle of Catholic Women journals.
Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Awards – Honorable Mention
First Lady of the Marine Corps Recommended Reading List
Military Writers Society of America – Gold Medal