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Author:
Larson, Theresa, author.
Title:
Warrior : a memoir / Theresa Larson & Alan Eisenstock.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
HarperOnean imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
260 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Larson, Theresa,--author.
United States.--Marine Corps--Military life.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, American.
Women marines--Biography.
Bulimia--Patients--Biography.
Women athletes--United States--Biography.
Memoirs.
Other Authors:
Eisenstock, Alan, author.
Contents:
The last convoy -- In dreams she came -- My first platoon -- Talent -- Control -- Wildcat -- Fit forever -- My first time -- The big suck -- Two balls Hornick -- A few good women -- I'm dying today -- Call to duty -- Dreamland -- Hitting the wall -- Return -- Exit strategy -- The italian job -- Recovery -- We're all really trying -- Epilogue.
Summary:
Sharing her battle with bulimia, which cut short her military service, a former female Marine platoon leader recalls her struggles on the playing field, the battlefield and inside her own soul as she overcame the hardships in her life and redefined what it means to be strong and what perfect really is.
ISBN:
0062399489 (hardcover)
9780062399489 (hardcover)
LCCN:
2015033615
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
MNPB553 -- Bancroft Public Library (Bancroft)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

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