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Ashley, a San Diego State graduate student raised in northern California, surprises herself by becoming a military wife. She meets Marine Cole, a passionate poet who loves her more than the stereotypical hardened warrior. Their six‑year relationship survives four deployments, but when Ashley meets an academic professor who shares her professional ambitions, she begins to wonder what life could be like outside the shadow of war.
Written in Ellen Hopkins’s powerful verse, Collateral explores the intimate connections soldiers and their loved ones make on the home front. While the frontline battles are far from the lives of those back home, they too sacrifice—and the novel invites readers to consider whether the collateral damage is worth the fight.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Ellen Hopkins
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