

Be Safe I Love You
Author: Cara Hoffman
Narrator: Christina Traister
Unabridged: 8 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 04/01/2014
Categories: Fiction, Women, Military Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author: Cara Hoffman
Narrator: Christina Traister
Unabridged: 8 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 04/01/2014
Categories: Fiction, Women, Military Fiction, Literary Fiction
Cara Hoffman is the author of the novel So Much Pretty. She teaches writing and literature at Bronx Community College and lives in New York City.
Be Safe I Love You is a moving story of a young female soldier's homecoming after service in Iraq. Lauren Clay enlisted in the army after her high school graduation in order to provide financial security for her younger brother and depressive father. After five years of service her commitment is fin......more
I have read nonfiction accounts of women veterans (Soldier Girls) but Be Safe I Love You is the first novel--and the only one I know of--about a woman vet returning from Iraq. This is a stunning book. Raw, heart-wrenching, tense, profound. The core relationship, that between Lauren and her brother D......more
A somewhat hyperbolic way to start a review, but this is the best thing I've read in a long time. The story is largely about a veteran's return from war and the challenges she faces when she gets home. Some aspects of this are familiar because we've been hearing a lot about PTSD in returning vets fo......more
I wanted to read this book but found opening it a chore and eventually only read about two thirds. The story is raw and base; the early life of this young soldier left much to be desired and her obsession with her younger brother and his welfare praiseworthy, so why did I not have any empathy or fe......more
I won "Be Safe I Love You" in a Goodreads giveaway. I am giving it 3 3/4 stars. It is a powerful novel about a female soldiers return home from war and how she tries to fit back in. I enjoyed reading this book. I did feel at times it was a little slow but given that this novel was so excellently wri......more