{"product_id":"unremarried-widow-artis-henderson-9781451649291","title":"Unremarried Widow: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A frank, poignant memoir about an unlikely marriage, a tragic death in Iraq, and the soul-testing work of picking up the pieces\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) in the tradition of such powerful bestsellers as Joan Didion's \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e and Carole Radziwill's \u003ci\u003eWhat Remains\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArtis Henderson was a free-spirited young woman with dreams of traveling the world and one day becoming a writer. Marrying a conservative Texan soldier and becoming an Army wife was never part of her plan, but when she met Miles, Artis threw caution to the wind and moved with him to a series of Army bases in dusty Southern towns, far from the exotic future of her dreams. If this was true love, she was ready to embrace it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Miles was training and Artis was left alone, she experienced feelings of isolation and anxiety. It did not take long for a wife's worst fears to come true. On November 6, 2006, the Apache helicopter carrying Miles crashed in Iraq, leaving twenty-six-year-old Artis--in official military terms--an \"unremarried widow.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this memoir Artis recounts not only the unlikely love story she shared with Miles and her unfathomable recovery in the wake of his death--from the dark hours following the military notification to the first fumbling attempts at new love--but also reveals how Miles's death mirrored her own father's, in a plane crash that Artis survived when she was five years old and that left her own mother a young widow. \u003ci\u003eUnremarried Widow\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a powerful look at mourning as a military wife....You can finish it in a day and find yourself haunted weeks later\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Artis Henderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1451649290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781451649291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 28","brand":"Artis Henderson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44123741913343,"sku":"9781451649291","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b555a624-a0c2-42ef-a9ca-d9f4a3321a56.jpg?v=1687432608","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unremarried-widow-artis-henderson-9781451649291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}