"A captivating memoir that tells the story of one woman's experience of joining a community of army wives after leaving her New York City job--a profoundly intimate look at marriage, friendship, and today's America. When her new husband joins an elite Army unit, Simone Gorrindo is uprooted from New York City and dropped into Columbus, Georgia--a town so foreign she might as well have landed on the moon. With her husband frequently deployed, Simone is left to find her place in this new world, alone--until she meets the wives ...
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"A captivating memoir that tells the story of one woman's experience of joining a community of army wives after leaving her New York City job--a profoundly intimate look at marriage, friendship, and today's America. When her new husband joins an elite Army unit, Simone Gorrindo is uprooted from New York City and dropped into Columbus, Georgia--a town so foreign she might as well have landed on the moon. With her husband frequently deployed, Simone is left to find her place in this new world, alone--until she meets the wives. Gorrindo gives us an intimate look into the inner lives of a remarkable group of women and a tender, unflinching portrait of a marriage. A love story, an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, and a bracing tour of the intractable divisions that plague our country today, The Wives offers a rare and powerful gift: a hopeful stitch in the fabric of a torn America"--
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THE WIVES is a memoir of a woman's experience becoming an army wife as her new husband joins an elite unit and is frequently deployed. While the author does well in portraying army culture, the writing was bland and failed to provide information that I didn't already know, so I struggled to keep interest in reading. At 60% in, I began skimming to quickly get through the remainder. I was most surprised that for being a journalist, she presented as rather naive and lacking insight. I suspect this book would best fit an audience that has little knowledge about the military or those who have lived similar army wife lives and are looking to read of their shared experience.
