The Final Salute - Softcover

Rodgers, Kathleen M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1625969740 ISBN 13: 9781625969743

Publisher: Deer Hawk Publications, 2014

Synopsis

At a small air base in Louisiana, family man and seasoned fighter pilot, Tuck Westerfield's life could literally crash down around him. In this business of flying fighter jets, the odds of staying alive are stacked against him. Haunted by the memories of dead friends killed in air mishaps, this Vietnam vet and father of three must deal with a devious commander, an animal-crazed neighbor, whose husband hates pilots, a beautiful, but suspicious wife and a rebellious teenage daughter. The last thing he needs is another war. But when Iraq invades Kuwait in the middle of a muggy Louisiana summer, duty calls. Tuck and the other pilots in his squadron head to the Middle East. Back in Louisiana, Gina Westerfield and other military wives learn that war is hell on the home front, too. Later, when tragedy strikes, everyone at Beauregard Air Force Base must pull together and live on or forever be consumed with grief.

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Review

Air Force wife's novel set at fictional England Air Force Base. ~ USA-Today
The Final Salute: Giving voice to these ghosts. ~ Military Times
Rodgers has created richly layered characters that compel readers to keep flipping the pages. ~ Bonnie Bartel Latino, Mobile Press-Register
I recommend this novel as a good description of military life and the inner workings of the way things are done, including the cover-up process. Also, if you don't read it for any other reason, read it for the enjoyment of it. ~ Katherine Boyer, Midwest Book Review
Until the very end, readers are intrigued by her colorful cast of characters that bring everything from love to betrayal amid the added struggle of military life. ~ Fort Worth, Texas Magazine
On the Write Track. ~ Family Magazine
Readable, intimate, tender - highly recommended. ~ Joyce Faulkner, President of Military Writers Society of America and award-winning author of In the Shadow of Suribachi. --Media - print and online --Media - print and online

The Final Salute: Giving voice to these ghosts. ~ Military Times --Military Times - print and online

Rodgers has created richly layered characters that compel readers to keep flipping the pages. ~ Bonnie Bartel Latino, Mobile Press-Register --Mobile Press-Register - print and online

The Final Salute: Giving voice to these ghosts. ~ Military Times --Military Times - print and online

Rodgers has created richly layered characters that compel readers to keep flipping the pages. ~ Bonnie Bartel Latino, Mobile Press-Register --Mobile Press-Register - print and online

About this edition

• Publisher: Deer Hawk Publications
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1625969740
• ISBN 13: 9781625969743
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288