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Soldier girls : the battles of three women at home and at war / Helen Thorpe.

Title
Soldier girls : the battles of three women at home and at war / Helen Thorpe.
Author
Thorpe, Helen, 1963-
Publication
New York : Scribner, 2014.

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Description
xi, 397 pages; 24 cm
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.
Alternative Title
Battles of three women at home and at war
Subject
  • Afghan Campaign 2001-
  • Afghan War (2001-)
  • Afghan War, 2001- > Campaigns
  • Afghan War, 2001- > Women > United States > Biography
  • Indiana
  • Indiana. National Guard
  • Indiana. National Guard > Biography
  • Indiana. National Guard
  • Iraq War (2003-2011)
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Campaigns
  • Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Women > United States > Biography
  • Military Personnel
  • Military campaigns
  • Single mothers
  • Single mothers > United States > Biography
  • United States
  • United States
  • United States. Army
  • United States. Army > Women > Biography
  • United States. Army
  • Women
  • Women > Indiana > Biography
  • Women soldiers
  • Women soldiers > United States > Biography
  • Women veterans
  • Women veterans > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biography.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 1451668104 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781451668100 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1451668112 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781451668117 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781451668124 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • ^^2014000658
  • 40023906056