At Home and Away
At Home and Away, a five-volume novel series, chroniclesan American family during times of peace and war from 1915 to 2015. The first book, 66 Sweetheart (2011), is set mostly in
and around Rutherford, New Jersey during the 1930s. The second will feature the son of a Swedish immigrant who pursues his dreams of American success in Kansas and Missouri in the
early 1940s. However, in both books some family members move away to distant countries and unexpected challenges.
The third volume will take place primarily in Missouri during the 1950s and '60s, but characters also travel far from home and familiar experiences. Book Four follows another generation of family members, this time from Missouri to Southeast Asia and back again. In the final volume of the series their children travel to Europe and the Middle East to understand their
identity in a multi-national community.
