Soldier girls
Subtitle: the battles of three women at home and at war
By: Helen Thorpe
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 691
ISBN-13: 9781410478658
Subjects: United States; Indiana. National Guard; Single mothers; Women veterans; Campaigns; Indiana; Women soldiers; Large type books; Iraq War, 2003-2011; United States. Army; Afghan War, 2001-; Biography; Women
Description: More women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan than in any other conflict in our nation's history, and today they compose about 15 percent of the armed services. Soldier Girls follows the experiences of three women in the Indiana National Guard -- one a young college student, one a single mother, and one a grandmother -- who chose to enlist for different reasons, never expecting they would go to war. Though quite far apart in age and in their political views, the three women become close friends, and through their daily interaction we see how military service changes their relationships with their families, their lovers, and their children.
Table of contents: title: Indiana, 2001-2003. Hooah!; title: Don't worry about being a female; title: Drill; title: Three months of hell; title: High altitude; title: The Tiki Lounge; title: Afghanistan, 2004-2005. Off safety; title: Codependent; title: Rain; title: Translation; title: Easter; title: Sea World; title: Indiana, 2005-2007. Welcome home, Dad; title: Out of uniform; title: Answered prayers; title: Iraq, 2008. Look, fuckers; title: Hooker; title: Anger management; title: Colorado and Indiana, 2009-2013. Huge billy clubs; title: Happy bomb day; title: Numb.