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Thorpe, Helen

Soldier girls the battles of three women at home and at war Battles of three women at home and at war Helen Thorpe. - First Scribner hardcover edition. - New York Simon & Schuster 2014 - xi, 397 pages ; 24 cm

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.

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.

ISBN: 1451668104 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781451668100 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1451668112 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781451668117 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1451668104 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Standard No.: 40023906056

LCCN: 2014000658

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Army --Women
Indiana. National Guard.
United States. Army.
United States. Army.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women soldiers--United States
Afghan War, 2001---Women--United States
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Women--United States
Afghan War, 2001---Campaigns.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Campaigns.
Women veterans--United States
Single mothers--United States
Women--Indiana
Military campaigns.
Single mothers.
Women.
Women soldiers.
Women veterans.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Indiana.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:

Dewey Class. No.: 956.7044342092520973 Tho 15