While they're at war : the true story of American families on the homefront / Kristin Henderson.

Incisive portraits of two military wives with spouses at war in Iraq reveal intimate scenes from the lives of these women as they experience intense indoctrination into life alone at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: Henderson, Kristin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Welcome to the Sisterhood
  • I: Leaving home. The waiting ; Uncle Sam wants you ; Preparing for goodbye ; Green Ramp
  • II: The homefront. The knock at the door ; Connections ; Live from Fallujah ; Different planets ; Honorary sisters ; Dreamland ; Pigeons in the desert ; Hitting the wall ; Peace also takes courage
  • III: Coming home. Back to Green Ramp ; The war at home ; The real news ; The terrible relief.