The �brilliant, mesmerizing storyteller� (The Washington Post) Joanna Trollope illuminates an experience shared by millions of people: a soldier�s return to family life causes three generations of a family to struggle with the impact of war on their relationships.Dan Riley is a major in the British Army. After a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, he is coming home to the wife and young daughters he adores. The outside world sees these reunions as a taste of heaven after months of hell. But are they? Can a man trained to fight adjust again to family and domestic life? And how will the family cope if he can�t? To what extent can Alexa, Dan�s wife, sacrifice her own needs and fulfillment to support his commitment to a way of life that demands everything, not just of him, but of her and the children as well? What happens when love and a vocation collide head on? With her trademark intelligence and kind, clear-eyed insight, Joanna Trollope shows us a family striving to balance duty and ambition with intimacy and understanding.