Hanna's War

About the Book

Hanna’s life began beneath the wings of war in the south of Germany in 1944. It ended sixty years later – “her final breath being drawn within the hushed calm and ornate splendor of a place called the Haven of Our Lady of Peace.” Her story is a love story to be sure. It is also a graphic portrayal of Hanna’s ten-year struggle with metastasized breast cancer. That struggle – her war – is described by the author, her husband, as a decade of “exhilarating highs and gut-wrenching lows.” In Hanna’s War he captures both with graphic detail and moving narrative.


WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"I received the book in the mail this weekend and literally could not put it down until I finished it. The book was a real page turner. Johanna was a woman who touched every person she met and I am so grateful to Mr. Edwards for sharing her story and her battle. The story was wonderfully written and brings Johanna into your heart. I would have to call this book a love story but also a book of courage. Thank you for giving this book Life."
-Diana Prince

" A friend of mine who is a nurse read Hanna's War last week. She finished it last week and called me in tears. She said she _loved_ the book and had not read one so good in so long. She called it a wonderful love story.I'm reading it next."
-Laura Barsamian

"Hanna's War is at once engaging, witty, sensitive and makes you want to keep on reading."
-Jeri Reilly

"I finished the book today. They both went through her "war" with courage and most of all an undying love for each other. He told her story beautifully."
-Sue Massahos

"Hanna's strength,adaptability,indomitable spirit,zest for life and living it to the fullest come shining forth throughout the pages. I fell in love with Hanna the first few pages of the book."
-Barbara Schroeder

About the Author

The author, born in Austin, Minnesota, is a 1961 graduate of St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, where he earned a B.A. degree in English. He served in the U.S. Army from 1962-1982, retiring in the grade of lieutenant colonel. From 1983-1998 he was employed as a federal court administrator with the U.S. district courts in both Jacksonville, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. Following completion of his first draft of Hanna’s War, he returned to Minnesota. He currently resides there in a lake home near Hackensack (pop. 285).