Ashley is a graduate student, was raised reading poetry, and was a back-up singer in her best friend's band. So how is that she has a handsome Marine as her boyfriend? Cole does not fit her image of a military man. He's passionate, romantic, and writes poetry too. Their affair goes on for five years and survives four deployments. And then Ashley meets a college professor with professional pursuits and values that match hers and she begins to see what life would be like outside the shadow of war.
year: 2012
call number/section: 1000
subjects: single women, fiction, marines, man-woman relationship, love stories, man-woman relationships
Editions
Hopkins, Ellen
Ashley is torn between love for her boyfriend, a dedicated Marine deployed to Afghanistan, and the resentment she has for the war that is tearing their lives apart.
Schools: 4
Hopkins, Ellen
Atria Books (2012)
Ashley is a graduate student, was raised reading poetry, and was a back-up singer in her best friend's band. So how is that she has a handsome Marine as her boyfriend? Cole does not fit her image of a military man. He's passionate, romantic, and writes poetry too. Their affair goes on for five years and survives four deployments. And then Ashley meets a college professor with professional pursuits and values that match hers and she begins to see what life would be like outside the shadow of war.
Schools: 6