An emotionally charged story of passionate love, unfulfilled desire and the American dream gone totally awry, Beverly Gologorsky's poignant, unadorned novel lays bare the destructive impact of the Vietnam War on the wives, lovers and children of veterans. Inviting comparisons to the work of Tim O'Brien and Bobbie Ann Mason, The Things We Do To Make It Home illustrates - in its own, unique style - the effects of war on those who fought and those who waited behind.