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"Whispers of War" Author Sarah Peachey appears on the Sunbury Press Books Show

April 11, 2025

The "Whispers of War" series examines the subject from the standpoint of soldiers and especially the families they must at times leave behind. Book One, "The Scars of War," comes from the hand of Sarah Peachey, who draws on her experience as an Army wife to craft the first of this series.

Annalise is an Army brat who secretly wishes for freedom and resents the constant moves, redeployments, and absences of her father, Robert. A career man who follows in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, Robert knows no other life than this. The events of September 11th, 2001, changes fortunes and lives.

Annalise becomes anti-war, while Robert is deployed to Afghanistan. A serious injury leaves Annalise wondering if there is a way to heal not only her father, but their own relationship.

Sarah Peachey is a writer, editor and journalist with more than 14 years in media and publishing. Her work has appeared on "Mission: Milspouse," The Homefront United Network, and the Army News Service.

A Lancaster, Pennsylvania native, Sarah travels about the world with her husband and three children, currently living outside Regensburg, Germany. You can follow her writings and learn more at her website.