Publisher's Synopsis
When George Hammon's teenaged wife dies inchildbirth in 1914, he flees small-town Iowa forEurope and the horrors of the Great War. Survivingbattles, homelessness, and disease, he squandershis days on women and wine, trying to forget hislost love.But life is not idle in Iowa during his absence, andwhen a bitter and weary George comes hometwenty-two years later, he finds a web of murder, suicide, and shocking revelations.The future of his family rests on one terriblechoice...but is he prepared to make it?Spanning the years 1893 through 2009, "HammonFalls" weaves a tapestry of estrangement, loss, love, sacrifice, and redemption.