There is an army of women waiting for their men to return in Fort Hood, Texas. Through a series of loosely interconnected stories, Siobhan Fallon takes readers onto the base, inside the homes, into the marriages and families -- intimate places not seen in newspaper articles or politicians' speeches. When you leave Fort Hood, the sign above the gate warns, You've Survived the War, Now Survive the Homecoming. It is eerily prescient.
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There is an army of women waiting for their men to return in Fort Hood, Texas. Through a series of loosely interconnected stories, Siobhan Fallon takes readers onto the base, inside the homes, into the marriages and families -- intimate places not seen in newspaper articles or politicians' speeches. When you leave Fort Hood, the sign above the gate warns, You've Survived the War, Now Survive the Homecoming. It is eerily prescient.
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Good. LARGE PRINT BOOK. Enjoy this nice looking LARGE PRINT BOOK withdrawn from the library collection. Some shelf wear and library marking. Good tight binding and the LARGE PRINT text flows clearly. Worthwhile LARGE PRINT hardcover library edition!
I was a military brat for the first twenty years of my life, and a military wife for the following twenty years. After my husband's retirement from the AF, we came to live in a civilian community, 100 miles from the nearest base. I was totally lost, and very unhappy. The time I had spent on a base, as a child and as a wife, came home to me when I read this book. The characters are real, believe me. I have been neighbors to them, had coffee with them, formed friendships with them, and will never forget them. Ms. Fallon has hit several nails on the head with her book, and I can truly say she tells it like it was. And is.
