When You Come Home

Daphne Cavin's poignant story of love loss and sacrifice was one of the most memorable I encountered in writing <em>The Greatest Generation</em>. Her daughter now completes the story with this very heartfelt book. - Tom Brokaw<p>The war claimed Daphne Kelley's young husband's life but it couldn't keep Raymond - and his abiding love - from being with her when she needed him most.</p><p><br></p><p>First told in Tom Brokaw's landmark bestseller The Greatest Generation</em> Daphne and Raymond Kelley's story provides what New York Times book reviewer Michael Lind called perhaps the most compelling love story in Brokaw's book.</p><p><br></p><p>Taking its title from a poem newlywed Daphne sent her soldier-husband during World War II When You Come Home</em> tells of their young love in the heartland at the brink of war and of the crushing uncertainty and fear as they find themselves a world apart. When her poem comes back to Daphne - blood-stained by Raymond's mortal wounds - she accepts the loss. And yet through her pain the grieving young widow finds that her faith provides hope and healing amidst the wounds of war.</p>