Bronte Bloom: A WW2 historical fiction novel based on a heartbreaking true story

by Ryan Howarth

When Arthur is conscripted to World War 2, Violet struggles with the uncertainty of her husband’s return. Isolation. Anxiety. Alcoholism. Her reality will warp and spring skies will darken.

When Arthur returns home to Australia from WW2, his life will be changed forever. His war service may have ended but the war with his demons has just begun.

The stakes rise when Violet gives birth to their son Peter at the end of the war, and it will take all the couple’s strength to cope with Arthur’s trauma and PTSD, and to battle their alcoholism and addiction—not only for the sake of their son’s life but also their own.

Based on a true story of suffering, heartbreak and hope that follows a young Australian family stretched to their limits. Trauma and alcoholism won’t be the only threat to the fate of the Homestead family, but certain actions of the past too.

344 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 13, 2021

About the author

RYAN HOWARTH is a Sydney-based writer and author of the debut novel Bronte Bloom. He is an avid traveller and has a variety of other interests such as psychology, sociology, philosophy, human behaviour, art, culture and music—all of which influence his writing. He is particularly influenced by the literary works of Leo Tolstoy and Charles Bukowski, and generally any writing that is raw, honest and soulful.