New Releases
Thorndike Press, the leading large print publisher in the United States, released Johnnie Come Lately and Seven Wings to Glory in early 2018. Libraries across the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are carrying the novels.
Both books are also available at most online retailers, including Amazon, B&N, Target, Walmart, and independent booksellers through Indie Bound.
My Novels
The Final Salute
USA Today—Air Force wife's novel set at fictional England AFB.
Military Times—The Final Salute: Giving voices to these ghosts.
Johnnie Come Lately
“Johnnie Come Lately evokes the pathos of family life—secrets, betrayals, misunderstandings, heartbreak, and just enough love and forgiveness to make it all worth it. Kathleen M. Rodgers treats her haunted characters with keen insight and empathy, offering them the second, third, fourth chances that all of us flawed human beings need.”
Siobhan Fallon, author of You Know When the Men Are Gone and The Confusion of Languages
“The Kitchen family could be any wholesome All-American family, and like any family, they have secrets. In Johnnie Come Lately, Kathleen Rodgers brings to life an extended family that could be yours or mine. Their secrets will draw you into this book, and Rodgers' characters -- from Johnnie Kitchen to her lovable chocolate lab, Brother Dog -- will jump off the page, grab your heart, and won’t let it go until the very end.”
Terri Barnes, author of Spouse Calls: Messages From a Military Life and a former columnist for Stars and Stripes
The audio edition of Johnnie Come Lately is narrated by Grammy® Award-winning vocalist and Broadway actress Leslie Ellis.
Seven Wings to Glory
“Seven Wings to Glory humorously captures the gamut of emotions common to military families dealing with deployments, homecomings, and the struggle to make everyday living as routine as their civilian counterparts. Kathleen M. Rodgers, herself a military wife and mom, expertly characterizes the soaring pride and gripping fear of life in the military. Set against a backdrop of racial discord, Seven Wings to Glory will make its mark on readers, ensuring they never forget that as long as one of us is denied freedom there can be no true freedom for the rest of us.”
—Karen Spears Zacharias, Gold Star daughter and author of After the Flag Has Been Folded: A Daughter Remembers the Father She Lost to War. She's also penned several other books, including the novels Mother of Rain, Burdy, and Christian Bend.
“I adore the flawed, imperfect, deeply loving, and tough-as-nails Kitchen family: I would read a hundred books about them, and I will read anything Kathleen M. Rodgers writes.”
—Andria Williams, author of The Longest Night and founder of Military Spouse Book Review