Home and Away: A Story of Family in a Time of War
"Nancy French stands for everything right about red-state America: love for God, country, and Wal-Mart. She's funny, she's Southern,andshe's smart. I think I'm in love! Just don't tell my wife."—Michael Graham, radio talk show host and author ofRedneck Nation: How the South Really Won the WarA RED STATE OF MIND shows that while you can take the girl out of the South, you can't take the South out of the girl--thank goodness. Nancy French does us GRITS (Girls Raised in the South) proud!"—Deborah Ford, author ofThe GRITS Guide to Life,GRITS Friends Are Forevah, andPuttin' on the GRITS"Nancy French isn't just a piercingly funny commentator on the red/blue culture wars; she's a participant. Whether it means standing up to feminist NYU classmates about her 'male-oppression' marriage or publicly shaming her daughter's Philadelphia school board for eliminating 'under God,' Nancy injects a laugh-out-loud freshness into the tired old debate."—Shaunti Feldhahn, nationally syndicated columnist,Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and author ofFor Women Only: What You Need to Know About the Inner Lives of MenonA Red State of Mind"This husband-and-wife account of a year in wartime Iraq (2007-2008)  artfully captures the mixed emotions that can accompany a loved one's  decision to enlist and illustrates that friendship, hope, and humor are  vital to survival...An earnest and engaging read that prompts a closer look at patriotism  and citizenship, on battlefields and at home."—Publishers Weekly