Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

Thorpe, Helen, 1963-

Title:

Soldier girls : the battles of three women at home and at war / Helen Thorpe.

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Publisher, Date:

New York : Scribner, [2014]

Description:

xi, 397 pages ; 24 cm

Summary:

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.

Subjects:

United States. Army -- Women -- Biography.

Indiana. National Guard -- Biography.

Women soldiers -- United States -- Biography.

Afghan War, 2001- -- Women -- United States -- Biography.

Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Women -- United States -- Biography.

Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Campaigns.

Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Campaigns.

Women veterans -- United States -- Biography.

Single mothers -- United States -- Biography.

Women -- Indiana -- Biography.

Other Title:

Battles of three women at home and at war

Contents:

Indiana -- Hooah! -- Don't worry about being a female -- Drill -- Three months of hell -- High altitude -- The Tiki Lounge -- Afghanistan -- Off safety -- I'll be home soon -- Rain -- Translation -- Easter -- Indiana -- A welcome home, Dad -- Out of uniform -- Answered prayers -- Iraq -- Look, fuckers -- Hooker -- Anger management -- Indiana and Colorado -- Huge billy clubs -- Happy bomb day -- Numb.

LCCN:

2014000658

ISBN:

9781451668100 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1451668104 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9781451668117 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1451668112 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Other Number:

862348018

System Availability:

3

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

3

Control Number:

423883

# Local items in:

3

# System items in:

3

Call Number:

956.7044 Thorpe