Just Friends, Just War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781733388924)

Alex and Claire are just friends, despite what anyone around them chooses to think or hope for. From the day Claire nearly breaks Alex's arm when they meet in martial arts class as teenagers, to the day Alex is able to reveal to Claire his darkest secret after returning from deployment to Iraq, they struggle and grow together through their most formative years. Just Friends, Just War explores the various battle lines drawn in any relationship, from the war between the sexes to ideological differences, and how larger truths render such divisions irrelevant in the end.