Soldier Girls, Helen Thorpe
Soldier Girls, Helen Thorpe
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Soldier Girls
The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War

Author: Helen Thorpe

Narrator: Donna Postel

Unabridged: 15 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/23/2014

Synopsis

Soldier Girls follows the lives of three women on their paths to the military. These women, who are quite different in every way, become friends, and we watch their interaction and also what happens when they are separated. We see their families, their lovers, their spouses, their children. We see them work extremely hard, deal with the attentions of men on base and in war zones, and struggle to stay connected to their families back home. We see some of them drink too much, have illicit affairs, and react to the deaths of fellow soldiers. And we see what happens to one of them when the truck she is driving hits an explosive in the road, blowing it up. She survives, but her life may never be the same again.

About Helen Thorpe

Helen Thorpe was born in London and grew up in Medford, New Jersey. Her journalism has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Texas Monthly, and Slate. Her radio stories have aired on This American Life and Soundprint. She is also the author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us. Her work has won the Colorado Book Award and the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mandy

Subtitled “The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War”, this detailed account of three women who joined the National Guard in their home state of Illinois, never expecting to have to go to war, and who ended up being deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq after 9/11 is both eye-opening and thought-prov......more

Goodreads review by Emma Deplores Goodreads Censorship

This book is a fantastic window into the real-life experiences of three women deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq with the Indiana National Guard. I would definitely recommend it to those interested in seeing behind the headlines to what soldiers and their lives (much of this book is applicable not onl......more

Goodreads review by Donna

I am usually good for half a dozen books at a time, but I have to admit that this one story has dominated my reading hours for the past week or so. I had so many preconceptions (and yes, stereotypes) that I didn't even realize I'd developed until I read about these brave souls who have gone to Afgha......more

Goodreads review by Crystal

I really enjoyed this book. I read it for a book club and I really didn't think it would be my kind of book. I am a cozy mystery or romance kind of girl. It really surprised me because it was a book about war but more the emotional toll it takes on the soldiers. I definitely recommend this book.......more

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