No Man's War

Irreverent Confessions of an Infantry Wife

Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Angela Ricketts ISBN: 9781619023833
Publisher: Counterpoint Press Publication: June 16, 2014
Imprint: Counterpoint Language: English
Author: Angela Ricketts
ISBN: 9781619023833
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication: June 16, 2014
Imprint: Counterpoint
Language: English

**“If you’ve ever wanted to know what life on an army base is like, you have to read this amazingly honest memoir.” —**PureWow

Raised as an Army brat, Angie Ricketts thought she knew what she was in for when she eloped with Darrin—then an infantry lieutenant—on the eve of his deployment to Somalia. Since that time, Darrin, now a colonel, has been deployed eight times, serving four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. And Ricketts, has lived every one of those deployments intimately—distant enough to survive the years spent apart from her husband, but close enough to share a common purpose and a lifestyle they both love.

With humor, candor, and a brazen attitude, Ricketts pulls back the curtain on a subculture many readers know, but few ever will experience. Counter to the dramatized snap shot seen on the TV show Army Wives, Ricketts digs into the personalities and posturing that officers’ wives must survive daily—whether navigating a social event on post, suffering through a husbands prolonged deployment or reacting to a close friends death in combat.

“Outspoken in her critique of the ‘Army machine,’ Ricketts celebrates the ‘secret sisterhood’ of soldiers’ wives, defiantly and desperately battling for survival. A blunt, bold debut memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews

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**“If you’ve ever wanted to know what life on an army base is like, you have to read this amazingly honest memoir.” —**PureWow

Raised as an Army brat, Angie Ricketts thought she knew what she was in for when she eloped with Darrin—then an infantry lieutenant—on the eve of his deployment to Somalia. Since that time, Darrin, now a colonel, has been deployed eight times, serving four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. And Ricketts, has lived every one of those deployments intimately—distant enough to survive the years spent apart from her husband, but close enough to share a common purpose and a lifestyle they both love.

With humor, candor, and a brazen attitude, Ricketts pulls back the curtain on a subculture many readers know, but few ever will experience. Counter to the dramatized snap shot seen on the TV show Army Wives, Ricketts digs into the personalities and posturing that officers’ wives must survive daily—whether navigating a social event on post, suffering through a husbands prolonged deployment or reacting to a close friends death in combat.

“Outspoken in her critique of the ‘Army machine,’ Ricketts celebrates the ‘secret sisterhood’ of soldiers’ wives, defiantly and desperately battling for survival. A blunt, bold debut memoir.” —Kirkus Reviews

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