Girls Come Marching Home: The Saga of Women Warriors Returning from the War in Iraq by Holmstedt, Kirsten

The Girls Come Marching Home: Stories of Women Warriors Returning from the War in Iraq (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780811705165)

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Format: Hardcover
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Girls Come Marching Home: The Saga of Women Warriors Returning from the War in Iraq by Holmstedt, Kirsten

The Girls Come Marching Home: Stories of Women Warriors Returning from the War in Iraq

$27.95
Girls Come Marching Home: The Saga of Women Warriors Returning from the War in Iraq by Holmstedt, Kirsten

The Girls Come Marching Home: Stories of Women Warriors Returning from the War in Iraq

$27.95
Format: Hardcover
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In her award-winning Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq, Kirsten Holmstedt described how female soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines are fighting on the front lines in Iraq despite the military's ban on women in combat. Now Holmstedt tells the stories of America's fighting women as they come home from Iraq. Some return with grave physical wounds, but all struggle with the psychological toll of battle while readjusting to life at home. As Holmstedt so poignantly shows, these women may have left the war, but the war will never leave them.Deeply personal and emotional accounts of more than a dozen American soldiers returning home from the war in Iraq; includes women from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard Inspiring stories of courage while recovering from both physical and psychological wounds along with the frustrations of navigating the military bureaucracy to get help How combat affects someone's entire life, including her family and friends

Author: Kirsten Holmstedt
ISBN-10: 0811705161
ISBN-13: 9780811705165
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Language: English
Published: 06/23/2009
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
By Kirsten Holmstedt
By Kirsten Holmstedt
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Kirsten Holmstedt is a graduate of Drake University's School of Journalism and the University of North Carolina Wilmington's master of fine arts program. She has been writer-in-residence at the College of William and Mary and currently teaches writing at a community college. Her previous books are the highly acclaimed Band of Sisters and The Girls Come Marching Home. She has appeared on PBS, the BBC, and C-SPAN, among other TV and radio programs. As an expert on and advocate for female service members, she has testified before Congress and spoken to countless businesses and colleges around the country. She lives in Connecticut.

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