Heroes at Home

by Ellie Kay

Book Overview

Inspiration for Active -Duty Military and Their Hometown HeroesThis encouraging book is more than just a helpful guide for families on active duty. Ellie offers today's generation of families the encouragement they need as they encounter the challenges military families face, whether they're Reserves, National Guard, or full-time active duty. As the wife of an Air Force pilot and the mom of five kids, Ellie has an inside perspective on how to cope...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764209817
• ISBN13: 9780764209819
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

An AMAZING support during deployment!!!

I received this book as a gift when my husband was recently deployed. I was left at home with a collicky 4 week old baby. Needless to say, I needed all the inspiration and support I could get. This book provided it! This book is very well written. Ellie Kay feels like a best friend holding your hand and helping you keep your chin up during the tough times. This book may not tell you the protocol of military life, but during a deployment, that is the last thing I was seeking. This book is a gem! It is the ideal read for someone going through the difficulty of seperation due to deployment. I thank God for Ellie Kay's words of comfort and wisdom!

Crisis Management 101!!

In January of 2003, my husband was notified that his National Guard ("one weekend a month") unit was being activated. The individuals in his unit were given less than 48 hours to report for duty with no prior notice that a deployment was coming. My two daughters and I kissed him goodbye less than a week later. His unit has been notified that their deployment will last 14-16 months. They are currently serving in Balad, Iraq. After my husband deployed, we were given this book as a gift. It was just what we needed (along with all the suggested "helps" that Ellie recommends military families need from their friends, churches, and communities). This is a wonderful resource for national guard families who have NO CLUE what to expect from life during a military deployment. Thank you Ellie!! I also had the privilege to hear Ellie speak at the 2003 MOPS International Leadership conference. GREAT information....Ellie's resources are really helpful for persons in my situation!

Hero's At Home: Help and Hope for America's Military Familie

Please Read this book. At a time when this nation is poised on the edge of war, it is critical to understand the needs of our military families. I am no longer a miliary wife, but I wish this book had been around for me. It is insightful and practical. If you have a neighboor, friend, relative, or just think you need to know more about this issue. Read THIS book! And then do something!

Useful and inspiring

"Heroes at Home" is useful in that there is a wealth of information and practical tips for the new and (not so) old military spouse. It is inspiring in that there are examples of real women who have overcome the unique challenges that military dependents face. The humor with which the book is written makes for easy and enjoyable reading. Now, if I could only get Ellie Kay to come to my house to help me organize all those coupons...

Caring, smart, helpful, and humorous

I loved this book. It's a contemporary look at the reality of today's military family. I think the people who should read it first are those who have no idea about the life those who serve in the military and their families live. The second group for which this should be required reading is the extended families of military members--it'll give them insight to support and understand. Military members and their families will recognize so much, like someone has been reading their mail! I hope it'll help them appreciate their own sacrifices more fully.We're really lucky as a country to have anyone willing to give up so much that the rest of us take for granted. Heroes at Home lets us inside and shoots down stereotypes.