American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal

The widow of American Sniper Chris Kyle shares their private journey, a moving and universal chronicle of love and family, service and patriotism, grief and sacrifice, faith and purpose.

How does someone carry on after the death of a hero?By becoming a hero herself.

Though Chris and Taya Kyle's marriage had its difficult moments, it was always a love story.

Together they'd endured military service, a best-selling book, unexpected fame, and a film deal starring a hot Hollywood actor.

But just when Taya thought that she and Chris were finally going to live their dream together, her husband was murdered.

In the wake of his death, a grieving Taya was left to raise her two young children and handle the many things Chris left behind: the business, the book, the movie, and a myriad of legal issues.