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i love a man in uniform a memoir of love war and other battles
an all american love story about a former punk rock stripper and her unlikely marriage to an officer in the u.s. army . br in this brave eloquent and often funny memoir critically acclaimed author lily burana writes about love war and the realities of military marriage with an honesty few writers would dare . br a former exotic dancer who once had a penchant for anarchist politics and purple hair dye lilys rebellious past never would have suggested a marriage into the military . but then she met mike a military intelligence officer and fell hopelessly in love resulting in a most unorthodox romance poignant passionate and utterly unpredictable . br after lily and mike said i do in a brief pre deployment city hall ceremony mike left for operation iraqi freedom and lily was left in a strange town to endure his absence alone with no support system and little knowledge of the vast and confusing military world into which she had married . br upon mikes return from the war the couple moved to historic west point where lily found that life on base had its own challenges . as the war continued and the past intruded unexpectedly into the present lily and mike found themselves plunged into the nightmare of post traumatic stress disorder . struggling to cope in a community where admitting weakness is the ultimate tabooand suck it up is the suggested response to emotional pain lily suffered from depression so severe it almost ended their marriage . with the help of a revolutionary therapeutic technique the couple made their way out of the darkness and back to each other . through it all lily wrangled with her preconceptions about the military and found her place within the uniquely supportive sisterhood of military wives . br from harrowing emotion to the dishy details of life on base lily burana bares her heart and soul as a modern military spouse . i love a man in uniform is a profoundly moving story of how a woman can locate and heal her true self as a dedicated army wife free spirit and freedom loving american . br
hardcover weinstein books 2009 isbn13 9781602860834 isbn10 1602860831
abridged n isbn 13 9781602860834 number in series 1 number of pages 352 publisher perseus books group release date 62135769600000