Confessions of a military wife / Mollie Gross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gross, Mollie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military spouses--United States.

Military spouses.

Marine Corps spouses--United States--Biography.

Marine Corps spouses.

Marine Corps spouses--United States--Anecdotes.

Military spouses--United States--Life skills guides.

Military spouses--United States--Humor.

Gross, Mollie.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Savas Beatie, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Now in paperback, Confessions of a Military Wife is an honest, witty, and often hilarious look at the life of the new generation military wife. Mollie Gross learned the hard way to laugh instead of cry at what she could not control as a military spouse-and as she quickly discovered, nearly everything was out of her control! A standup comedienne, public speaker, and wife of a Marine Corps officer, Mollie explores everything about the issued spouse, from deployment and the stress of having a husband in a combat zone, to the realization that marriage changes when your husband returns home from war. Nothing is taboo or out-of-bounds in Confessions, including the parties military wives throw for themselves before hubby returns. (You'll have to read the book to find out about those!) More than one million American servicemen have deployed to war over the last few years, which means the lives and lifestyles of military wives are now front and center in the public's curiosity. How do they live? What is their day-to-day life like? How do they interact? How do they deal with weeks and months of separation? The answers will surprise (and in some cases, shock) you. Confessions teaches all women, whether civilian or military, that they can learn to find the funny side of anything by embracing the situation and changing their perspective. And now they can do so with humor and levity, and a little wisdom. Evocative and provocative, Confessions of a Military Wife is a can't-put-down book that will leave you laughing and crying at the same time"--Publisher.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Before""; ""THE DITY MOVE FROM HELL""; ""SETTLING IN: MY FIRST WEEKS""; ""Lifestyles of the Military""; ""Pre-deployment""; ""deployment""; ""REUNION""; ""on the l.a.m. (Life after the Military)""; ""GLOSSARY""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-61121-050-X

OCLC:

923617834