The Long Road Home

The long road home tells the story of the eight hour battle in sadr city on april 4 2004 that followed the ambush of a newly arrived american platoon.

The long road home. Over eight episodes this scripted miniseries cuts between the action on the ground in iraq and the homefront back in texas where families await news expecting the worst. This book was a little different from former novels but as i read i saw that this one was more about finding one s place in the world. The long road home marks australian author fiona mccalllum s twelfth published novel.

The long road home relives a heroic fight for survival during the iraq war when the 1st cavalry division from fort hood was ferociously ambushed in sadr city baghdad. Over the space of a decade mccallum has successfully released a well received collection of rural and domestic fiction novels which displays her intuitive approach as an author of contemporary fiction. The long road home takes some of the best of ccr and mixes in a few of the later fogerty songs that best fit the ccr style.

Reviewed in canada on july 24 2017. 5 0 out of 5 stars the long road home. After starting it i was unable to stop reading to see how it.

The long road home combines the sense of desperation of black hawk down and the anguish of families in we were soldiers the book graphically depicts what can go horribly wrong in a matter of minutes. I wonder about the sequence which has the upbeat centerfield following the dark bad moon rising.