"Coming Home" by Edith Wharton, is a novel set in World War I that examines love, family, and how war affects people. The story is about Jean de Réchamp, a French soldier, who gets hurt and worries about his family at home. After learning from a fellow relief worker about how scary it is for soldiers to be away from their families, Jean goes back to his childhood home with Greer, to find his family. He sees that his fiancée, Yvonne Malo, is strong and brave as she takes care of the house during the German occupation. The novel mixes their personal problems with ideas about being tough, love, and the hard parts of war, showing what it means to go home when things are very bad.
Coming Home 1916
By Edith Wharton
An injured soldier journeys back to his war-torn home, only to find his family and fiancée forever changed, their love tested by the unbearable realities of conflict.
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About the AuthorEdith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel, The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
Edith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. In 1921, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, for her novel, The Age of Innocence. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1996. Her other well-known works are The House of Mirth, the novella Ethan Frome, and several notable ghost stories.
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