Today We Go Home by Kelli Estes

My friend gave this book to me for my birthday via Once Upon a Book Club.  As I read it, Post It notes reminded me to open a small gift.  It was fun!
The book delves into two women's lives-

• modern day Larkin Bennett who was stationed in Afghanistan and is now struggling with PTSD 
• Emily Wilson who disguises herself as a man so she can fight in the Civil War in 1861

Their two lives merge when Larkin digs through her deceased best friend Sarah's possessions and discovers Emily's diary.  As she reads Emily's diary, Larkin begins to process her tragedy and heal.
Ms. Estes reveals how many women disguised themselves as men during the Civil War and sheds light on the difficulties women in the military, both then and now, face.

To consider/warning: some swearing, Larkin drowns her demons with alcohol. Sarah and men in her unit visit a brothel.   Sarah is forced to go into a room with a prostitute named Vee.  Vee kisses her (thinking she is a man),  and Sarah for a brief second enjoys it.  Sarah then reveals that she is a woman, and Vee keeps her secret.  Men attempt to rape Sarah.