{"product_id":"no-mans-war-angela-ricketts-9781619025516","title":"No Man's War: Irreverent Confessions of an Infantry Wife","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"blunt, bold debut memoir\" of women's lives on an army base and the intimate hardships of war and deployment on this community (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaised as an army brat, Angie Ricketts though she knew what she was in for when she eloped with Darrin - then an Infantry Lieutenant - on the eve of his deployment to Somalia. Since then, Darrin, now a Colonel, has been deployed eight times, serving four of those tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. And Ricketts has lived every one of those deployments intimately - distant enough to survive the years apart from her husband, but close enough to share a common purpose and a lifestyle they both love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith humor, candor, and a brazen attitude, Ricketts pulls back the curtain on a subculture many readers know, but few will ever experience. Counter to the dramatized snapshot seen on Lifetime's \u003ci\u003eArmy Wives\u003c\/i\u003e, Ricketts digs into the personalities and posturing that officers' wives must survive daily - whether navigating a social event at the base, suffering through a husband's prolonged deployment, or reacting to a close friend's death in combat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt its core, \u003ci\u003eNo Man's War\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of sisterhood and survival. As Ricketts states: \"We tread those treacherous waters together. Do we sometimes shove each other's heads underwater for a few seconds? Maybe even on purpose? Of course. Are we sometimes dragged underwater ourselves by the undertow created by all of us struggling together too closely? Without a doubt. But we never let each other drown. Our buoyancy is our survival.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Ricketts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1619025515\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781619025516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Angela Ricketts","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44078520205567,"sku":"9781619025516","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9a99474-485e-4ff1-b97a-c0d7c7d7e27b.jpg?v=1685475990","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-mans-war-angela-ricketts-9781619025516","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}