Last Breath Home

By: Wall, Laurie

It's 1996, and 87-year-old Pearlie Ellison Wakeman sits on her dilapidated front porch and reminisces about her beloved brother, Peter, who passed away in 1984. It is his birthday. The spring air is warm, humid, and she closes her eyes, nodding off. Peter was one of over 200,000 African Americans who fought in "The Great War." He brought the war home to his family. Inconceivable trauma challenged their unconditional love for him.

23-year-old, Bobby Craig, from the Fairchild Water Department, comes by to check Pearlie's water pipes on the same day she sits secluded on her porch. His unruly blond hair bobs as he takes giant steps up to meet her. Bobby's father, Leonard, fought in the Vietnam War. He brought the war home to his family, and it changed the course of their lives.

Last Breath Home is a multigenerational novel that tells the story of two families whose soldiers brought the war home. It is a story about the horrors of war, tragedy, redemption and ultimately triumph as seen through the eyes of Pearlie, Bobby, Peter, Edward and Eloise.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0D9R3LSYS
• ISBN13: 9798332431715
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"