To Have and to Hold (Returning Home) - Softcover

Michaels, Fern

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Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1995

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The year is 1970, and Kate Starr wants to be the perfect wife and mother. Her husband Patrick is her whole world when he departs for a tour of duty in Vietnam. But when he is listed MIA, Kate must rely on herself for the first time in her life. It is an uphill struggle--emotionally, physically, financially. But the the fight to find out more information about her husband inspires her to do more, to gain more confidence, to fight until she has gotten some answers. And as Kate discovers she has talents and intelligence, she discovers a new kind of love, too.

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In 1970, Kate Starr is a woman of her generation, determined to be the perfect wife, the perfect mother, the perfect homemaker. Her husband, Patrick, is her whole world-even when he departs for a tour of duty in Vietnam. But when Patrick is listed as MIA, Kate is suddenly forced to make decisions alone for the first time in her life. It's an uphill struggle. Five years, ten years, fifteen years pass ... and Kate continues to transform herself. She raises her two daughters, puts herself through school, and starts a successful business. And finally she allows herself to even begin thinking about romance again.

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Fern Michaels is the New York Times bestselling author of the sizzling quartet of contemporary novels Texas Rich, Texas Heat, Texas Fury, and Texas Sunrise, as well as the steamy books in the Captive series: Captive Passions, Captive Embraces, Captive Splendors, Captive Secrets, and Captive Innocence. She is also the author of Serendipity, Seasons of Her Life, Desperate Measures, the Kentucky trilogy, and the Sisterhood series.

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PublisherBallantine Books
Publication date1995
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Bestselling author Fern Michaels has won the hearts of readers worldwide with her sweeping novels of women coping with the challenges of love. In To Have and to Hold, she tells the compelling story of a woman who harnesses tragedy and grows courageouslystrong, independent, and free to love. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD It is 1970 and Kate Starr is the perfect wife and the perfect mother. But soon after her husband leaves for Vietnam, he is listed as MIA. Suddenly Kate must raise their two daughters by herself and struggle with the U.S. government to get news of her husband. Her fight to be heard is the beginning of a new Kate Starr. Twenty years later, she has educated herself, started a successful business, and finally found love againin this incredibly moving novel that traces the awakening of a remarkable woman who learns that sometimes in order to keep love in our hearts, we have to let it go. Enjoying an ideal life as a wife and mother, Kate Starr is forced to raise her children alone, when her husband is sent to Vietnam and declared MIA, and becomes a determined activist and woman of independent means. Reprint. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780345373298

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