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Soldier girls the battles of three women at home and at war

Describes the experiences of three women soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to reveal how their military service has affected their friendship, personal lives and families, detailing the realities of their work on bases and in war zones and how their choices and losses shaped their perspectiv...

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Main Author: Thorpe, Helen, 1965-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Scribner, [2014]
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Women > Biography.
Indiana. > National Guard > Biography.
Women soldiers > United States > Biography.
Afghan War, 2001- > Women > United States > Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Women > United States > Biography.
Afghan War, 2001- > Campaigns.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Campaigns.
Women veterans > United States > Biography.
Single mothers > United States > Biography.
Women > Indiana > Biography.
Summary: Describes the experiences of three women soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq to reveal how their military service has affected their friendship, personal lives and families, detailing the realities of their work on bases and in war zones and how their choices and losses shaped their perspectives.
Physical Description: xi, 397 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9781451668100 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
1451668104 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781451668117 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1451668112 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Author Notes: Helen Thorpe was born in London to Irish parents and grew up in New Jersey. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times Magazine , New York magazine, The New Yorker , Slate , and Harper's Bazaar . Her radio stories have aired on This American Life and Sound Print . She is the author of Just Like Us , Soldier Girls , and The Newcomers and lives in Denver.

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