{"product_id":"waiting-linda-moore-lanning-9781603441629","title":"Waiting: One Wife's Year of the Vietnam War Volume 127","description":"In April 1969, Linda Moore-Lanning watched her husband, Lt. Michael Lee Lanning, board a Greyhound bus that would take him to a military flight scheduled to deposit him in Vietnam. As he boarded the bus, Lee told her, \"It's only for a year.\" Moore-Lanning struggled to believe her husband's words. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWaiting: One Wife's Year of the Vietnam War\u003c\/i\u003e is the deeply personal account of Moore-Lanning's year as a waiting wife. The first-ever book from the perspective of a wife on the home front during the Vietnam War, Moore-Lanning's telling is both unflinching in its honesty and universal in its evocation of the price exacted from those who were left behind. During her \"waiting year,\" Moore-Lanning traveled far, in both distance and perspective, from the small West Texas town of Roby where she had grown up and met her husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through her eyes, we experience the agony of waiting for the next letter from Lee; the exhilaration of learning of her pregnancy; the frustration of dealing with friends and family members who didn't understand her struggles; and the solace of companionship with Susan Hargrove, another waiting wife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Because of her insistence that Lee give her an honest account of his experiences, Moore-Lanning also affords readers a gut-wrenching view of Vietnam as narrated by an infantry commander in the field. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unfolding with the gripping narrative of a novel, \u003ci\u003eWaiting \u003c\/i\u003ewill captivate general readers, while those interested in military history and home front perspectives--especially from the Vietnam War--will deeply appreciate this impressive addition to the literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Moore-Lanning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160344162X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603441629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Linda Moore-Lanning","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097005793535,"sku":"9781603441629","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waiting-linda-moore-lanning-9781603441629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}