First Chapter Fun – Episode 359 – THE LONG MARCH HOME by Tosca Lee & Marcus Brotherton

Listen to bestselling, award-winning crime author Hank Phillippi Ryan read the description and opening pages of THE LONG MARCH HOME by Tosca Lee & Marcus Brotherton, which is available now!

About THE LONG MARCH HOME:

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: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. Within hours, the teenage friends are plunged into war as enemy 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. 

About the author:

Tosca Lee is the New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels including The Long March Home (May 2, 2023 with Marcus Brotherton), The Line Between, A Single Light, and The Legend of Sheba. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages and optioned for TV and film. She is the recipient of multiple awards including two International Book Awards. Her work has been praised as “deeply human…” “powerful…” and “mind-bending.”

Lee earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Smith College. She also studied at Oxford University. A former first runner-up to Mrs. United States, she lives in Nebraska with her husband and one of four children still at home. 

Connect with Tosca:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/authortoscalee

Instagram: www.instagram.com/toscalee

Twitter: www.twitter.com/toscalee

Website: www.toscalee.com

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Hank & Hannah x

Note: read with the author's and publisher's permission