Australian Historical Fiction Novel -

When Arthur is conscripted to World War 2, Violet struggles with the uncertainty of her husband’s return. Isolation. Anxiety. Alcoholism. Her reality will warp and spring skies will darken.

When Arthur returns home to Australia from WW2, his life will be changed forever. His war service may have ended but the war with his demons has just begun.

The stakes rise when Violet gives birth to their son Peter at the end of the war, and it will take all the couple’s strength to cope with Arthur’s trauma and PTSD, and to battle their alcoholism and addiction—not only for the sake of their son’s life but also their own.

Based on a true story of suffering, heartbreak and hope that follows a young Australian family stretched to their limits. Trauma and alcoholism won’t be the only threat to the fate of the Homestead family, but certain actions of the past too.