PFC Kate Milner did not expect to be suddenly called up and deployed to Afghanistan. It was a six month deployment. She would be back with her husband and son before Christmas. And she was—just not in the way she expected. With a shattered ankle and an even more broken psyche, Kate is struggling to find her way home again. Then she finds the note her son had tucked into her duffel bag. The only way home is by letting in the people who will love her past the physical and emotional wounds.