Blurb:
Emily Gray Tedrowe has
written an extraordinary novel about ordinary people, a graceful and gritty
portrayal of what it's like for the women whose husbands and sons are deployed
in Iraq. BLUE STARS brings to life the realities of the modern day home front:
how to get through the daily challenges of motherhood and holding down a job
while bearing the stress and uncertainty of war, when everything can change in
an instant. It tells the story of Ellen, a Midwestern literature professor, who
is drawn into the war when her legal ward Michael enlists as a Marine; and of
Lacey, a proud Army wife who struggles to pay the bills and keep things going
for her son while her husband is deployed. Ellen and Lacey cope with the fear
and stress of a loved one at war while trying to get by in a society that often
ignores or misunderstands what war means to women today. When Michael and Eddie
are injured in Iraq, Ellen and Lacey's lives become intertwined in Walter Reed
Army Hospital, where each woman must live while caring for her wounded soldier.
They form an alliance, and an unlikely friendship, while helping each other
survive the dislocated world of the army hospital. Whether that means fighting
for proper care for their men, sharing a six-pack, or coping with irrevocable loss,
Ellen and Lacey pool their strengths to make it through. In the end, both women
are changed, not only by the war and its fallout, but by each other.
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About the Author:
Emily Gray Tedrowe is a Chicago-based
writer whose second novel, Blue Stars, is available from St. Martin’s
Press. Her first novel Commuters was named a Best New Paperback by Entertainment
Weekly, an IndieNext Notable pick, and a Target Breakout Book. Her
short fiction has been published in the Chicago Tribune’s Printers Row
Journal, Fifty-Two Stories, andOther Voices. Recipient of an Illinois Arts
Council Literary Award, she has also received fellowships from the Ragdale
Foundation and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
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