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Author:
Thorpe, Helen, 1965- author.
Title:
Soldier girls : the battles of three women at home and at war / Helen Thorpe.
Edition:
First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Publisher:
Scribneran imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
xv, 409 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject:
United States.--Army--Women--Biography.
Women soldiers--United States--Biography.
Afghan War, 2001---Women--United States--Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Women--United States--Biography.
Indiana.--National Guard--Biography.
Afghan War, 2001---Campaigns.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns.
Women veterans--United States--Biography.
Single mothers--United States--Biography.
Women--Indiana--Biography.
Biography.
Notes:
First published in hardcover by Scribner in 2014.
Contents:
[Table of contents]. Indiana, 2001-2003: Hooah! ; Don't worry about being a female ; Drill ; Three months of hell ; High altitude ; The Tiki Lounge -- Afghanistan, 2004-2005: Off safety ; Codependent ; Rain ; Translation ; Easter ; Sea World -- Indiana, 2005-2007: Welcome home, Dad ; Out of uniform ; Answered prayers -- Iraq, 2008: Look, fuckers ; Hooker ; Anger management -- Colorado and Indiana, 2009-2013: Huge billy clubs ; Happy bomb day ; Numb.
Summary:
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.
ISBN:
1451668112
9781451668117
OCLC:
(OCoLC)912922644
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

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