Battle Born
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Battle Born

Stories

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Battle Born

Stories

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About This Book

Inspired by Victoria Kelly's experiences as the wife of a fighter pilot during three wartime deployments, this collection follows women whose lives have been impacted by war and military service as they struggle with their fragile ideas of home. In "Prayers of an American Wife, " a Navy wife grapples with loneliness when she discovers that her neighbor, also a Navy wife, is having an affair while their husbands are deployed on the same aircraft carrier. Tensions rise in "The Strangers of Dubai" as a soldier on leave tries to buy his wife a souvenir from an Afghan vendor. After attending eight funerals with fellow military wives whose husbands died in the Iraq war, the protagonist in "Finding the Good Light" divorces her Navy husband and tries to start a new life as a movie star. These, along with the eleven other stories in this collection, explore the emotional landscape of the resilient women who remain on the homefront.Kelly's stories offer readers an intimate, eye-opening look into the sacrifices and steadfastness of military family members.
 

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Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9781647791452
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. A Note from the Author
  7. Finding the Good Light
  8. Prayers of an American Wife
  9. The Strangers of Dubai
  10. The Whispering Gallery
  11. All the Ways We Say Goodbye
  12. The View from Bonnell Lane
  13. A Home Like Someone Elseā€™s Home
  14. Tonight Everything Will Be Quiet and Still
  15. Waiting for the Creel
  16. The Chimney
  17. The Wedding
  18. Rachelā€™s Story
  19. What Happened On Crystal Mountain
  20. Little Angels, Little Dolls
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. About the Author