First Reveille

About the Book

When her mother is hospitalized with a life threatening delivery of a premature baby, eleven year-old Maggie Blanchard eagerly assumes command of her glamorous father's rambunctious houselhold with startling consequences in this poignant, laugh out loud coming of age story. First Reveille is set in the one regiment post of Fort Missoula, Montana, and captures the masculine culture of Infantrymen, boxers and hunters in the pre-WWII military life of the Great Depression as seen through the eyes of a highly perceptive but innocent young girl.

About the Author

Pat Rahman with two friends esablished the thriving, independent bookstore, Books on Vernon, and was instrumental in launching the highly acclaimed Writer's Theatre, both in Glencoe, Illnois. Her short fiction and poems have appeared in numerous literary journals, her stories anthologized, her poetry read on PBS 'All Things Considered'. Three of Pat's plays have had full Equity productions in Chicago and New York, and a prize-winning one act comedy aired on ABC Television. Her awards include a grant from the NEA and an Illinois Arts Council Award for Literature. She lives in Glencoe with her husband, John. First Reveille is her first novel.