Good Hope Road transported me to the front during the First World War. The cold and despair in the trenches, the futility of lives lost in order to advance but a few feet, the hunger, the pain of missing loved ones was all tangible and yet the hope, the camaraderie, the bravery and determination was so prevalent it brought tears to my eyes.
The story is in parts narrated by Obadaiah Nelson, an American volunteer fighting with the French Foreign Legion in The Great War in 1914, but then jumps forward almost two decades and is Major James Stonebridge's story and the fallout of him returning from the Front a damaged, haunted man.
This book is a must read, a glimpse into the heartbreak and devastation of war, but also the damage both physical and emotional to the young men fighting and the lack of assistance and understanding when they return home.
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