SNEAK PEEK – Standing By: The Making of an American Military Family in a Time of War
May 22, 2012 by Tarcher/Penguin
Filed under Books, Books We Can't Put Down, DailyTarcher.
Alison Buckholtz never dreamed she would marry a military man, but when she met her husband, an active-duty Navy pilot, nothing could stop her from building a life with him—not even his repeated attempts to talk her out of marriage. He didn’t want her to have to make the kinds of sacrifices long required of the spouses of military personnel. They wed shortly after September 11, 2001 and, since then, their life together has been marked by long separations and unforeseen challenges—but also unexpected rewards.
STANDING BY is Buckholtz’s candid and moving account of her family’s experiences during her husband’s seven-month deployment on an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. With insight and humor she describes living near a military base in Washington State, far from home and in the midst of great upheaval, while trying to keep life as normal as possible for the couple’s two young children.
A rare and intimate portrait of one of the tens of thousands of families who now wait patiently for their service member to return home safely,STANDING BY is a window into what matters most for families everywhere.
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