Ebook {Epub PDF} When You Come Home by Nancy Cavin Pitts

 · Nancy Cavin Pitts, Tom Brokaw When You Come Home 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. 4/5(). If you purchased, reviewed, and / or encouraged me on my writing journey, I wanted to let you know that When You Come Home is now available (for a limited time) as a free audiobook from www.doorway.ru and www.doorway.ru Just request a coupon code to get your free audiobook. Until next time – God Bless! Nancy. Her daughter Nancy Cavin Pitts has done a wonderful job of fleshing out Daphne’s poignant story in When You Come Home. It makes this war widow’s story come alive in rich detail in ways that newspapers and television never could. Mrs. Pitts has given us the definitive portrait of a World War II war bride whose love was lost in the defense of freedom.” – John Flora --This text refers to the /5().

Nancy Cavin Pitts took her mother's story to its completion in When You Come Home. This book is available at Barbara's Bookstore. Posted by Barbara Latta at PM No comments: Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest. Come Home, I got a first-hand look at the cost of war and the heartache that ensued when a loved one headed off to train for a war in a far-off place. Young and carefree, Raymond Kelley left home one chilly November day in proud, scared, yet determined to serve his country not realizing the price that he would pay. First glimpsed in Tom Brokaw's landmark best seller, The Greatest Generation, the true-life love story of Daphne and Raymond Kelley went far deeper than Brokaw's feature could reveal. Taking its title from a poem that newlywed Daphne sent her soldier husband during World War II, When You Come Home tells of their young love in the heartland at the brink of war, and of the crushing uncertainty.

Hello! I am Nancy Cavin Pitts, the author of When You Come Home. When You Come Home is a novel about my mother’s life during and right after WW II. I got the idea after Mom was contacted to do a nationwide interview on the NBC Nightly News, and then included in a chapter of Tom Brokaw’s book, The Greatest Generation. Actually, Mr. Brokaw wrote the forward to When You Come Home!. Her daughter Nancy Cavin Pitts has done a wonderful job of fleshing out Daphne’s poignant story in When You Come Home. It makes this war widow’s story come alive in rich detail in ways that newspapers and television never could. Mrs. Pitts has given us the definitive portrait of a World War II war bride whose love was lost in the defense of freedom.” – John Flora. In October of , When You Come Home by author Nancy Cavin Pitts hit bookshelves. The true-life novel, written about Nancy’s mother, was in response to Tom Brokaw’s The Greatest Generation, which featured Nancy’s mother, Daphne, and Daphne’s husband Raymond, who was killed in France during WW II.