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Atria
November 2012
On Sale: November 6, 2012
496 pages
ISBN: 1451626371
EAN: 9781451626377
Kindle: B007EDYBD8
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Contemporary
From the New York Times bestselling author of
Triangles comes an exquisitely told story about a
young woman torn between passionate first love and the
gripping realities of war. Meet Ashley, a
graduate student at San Diego State University. She was
raised in northern California reading poetry and singing
backupin her best friend’s band. The last thing she ever
expected was to end up a military wife. But one night, she
meets a handsome Marine named Cole. He doesn’t match the
stereotype of the aggressive military man she’d always
presumed to be true; he’s passionate and romantic, and he
even writes poetry. Their relationship evolves into a deeply
felt, sexually charged love affair that goes on for five
years and survives four deployments. Cole desperately wants
Ashley to marry him, but when she meets another man, a
college professor, with similar professional pursuits and
values, she begins to see what life might be like outside
the shadow of war. Written in Ellen Hopkins’s
stunning poetic verse style, Collateral captures the
hearts of the soldiers on the battlefield and the minds of
the friends, family, and lovers they leave behind. While
those at home may be far from the relentless, sand-choked
skies of the Middle East and the crosshairs of a sniper
rifle, they, too, sacrifice their lives and happiness for
their country at war. And all must eventually ask themselves
if the collateral damage it causes is worth the fight.
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