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I am so excited to share the cover of The Long March Home with you. To celebrate, we have a special offer just for you: preorder The Long March Home in print or ebook and you will also receive:

The full audiobook
The Epilogue (not included in the book)
See full details and claim your gifts HERE.

Also, order from Baker Book House and receive 40% off and free shipping.

Please be sure to share this offer with your friends, book club members, and book-reading buddies! 

Wait, why isn't the Epilogue in the book? Because the story ends just right just where we left off. BUT… if you're like me--often wanting to linger in the story world a little bit longer to know just a little bit more about what happened after “The End…” this extra bonus is for you. :) 

About the book:

Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire.

Life in the Philippines seems like paradise–until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as Japanese warplanes attack Luzon, beginning a battle for control of the Pacific Theater that will culminate with a last stand on the Bataan Peninsula and end with the largest surrender of American troops in history.

What follows will become known as one of the worst atrocities in modern warfare: the Bataan Death March. With no hope of rescue, the three friends vow to make it back home together. But the ordeal is only the beginning of their nearly four-year fight to survive.

Inspired by true stories, The Long March Homeis a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope from two New York Times bestselling authors.

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So grateful for this starred review from Publishers Weekly. It’s been four years (!) since my last book release, and it’s always scary waiting for those first reviews. This book was many years in the making, but it’s been such an immense honor to shine a light on the heroic Defenders of Bataan. Thank you, Publishers Weekly! https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780...


Visit our book page for more about the book and its great preorder offer (you’ll receive the secret epilogue and the audiobook free!), including 40% off with free US shipping from Baker Book House.

https://www.thelongmarchhomebook.com

Thank you, Booklist, for naming The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific to their Top 10 Historical Fiction of 2023!



Jimmy, Hank, and Billy were more than just the preacher’s son, the outcast, and the tagalong. They are brothers by choice, sharing a bond of loyalty, understanding, and friendship throughout life’s ups and downs. When the trio enlists together with the hope of seeing the world, they instead find themselves on the explosive front lines of the Pacific Theater after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Fighting for survival in a violent new world of dizzying unpredictability, uncertain hope, and crippling despair, their brotherhood faces the ultimate test in a journey to the war-torn edges of hell and back home again. Brotherton and Lee are a narrative tour de force in their first novel together. The Long March Home is a stunning WWII story of the ferocity with which three friends loved and fought for one another. Taking inspiration from true stories, the novel is an astonishing combination of gritty wartime action tempered with poignant growth and drama. Alternating chapters reveal the stories behind the men’s resilient friendship, from the innocence of childhood to the confusion of adolescence to the impossible choices expedited by war. A heartbreaking, resonant story with characters who effortlessly come alive make this a must-read literary triumph.

— Booklist Starred Review

Here’s some fun news: The Long March Home just won the International Book Award in Historical Fiction. Tosca Lee and co-author Marcus Brotherton are so honored to shine a light on those who served in WWII in the Philippines and honored for the recognition of our twelve years of combined work bringing this story to life.

This marks Tosca’s third International Book Award. A Single Lightwon in Science Fiction, and The Line Between won in Mystery/Suspense.

American Book Fest announced the winners and finalists of THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS (IBA). The awards cover books from all sections of the publishing industry. A 21-year timeline and award archives can be found at http://americanbookfest.com/aboutusco...

The Long March Home has been named one of three finalists for the 2025 One Book, One Nebraska reading program.

The One Book One Nebraska reading program is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska, and the Nebraska Library Commission. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss the same book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or with a Nebraska theme or setting. A Nebraska Center for the Book committee selected the three finalists from a list of nineteen titles nominated by Nebraskans.

The Long March Home, by Marcus Brotherton and Nebraska writer Tosca Lee, is historical fiction inspired by true stories of friendship, sacrifice, and hope on the Bataan March.

The winner will be announced on October 12, 2024, at the Nebraska Celebration of Books literary festival.




Read the entire release here: https://nlcblogs.nebraska.gov/nlcblog...