Blue Stars
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2015.
Format: Large Print
Edition: Large Print edition.
Description: 627 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Ellen, a Midwestern literature professor, is drawn into the Iraq War when her legal ward Michael enlists as a Marine. Lacey, a proud Army wife, struggles to pay the bills and keep things going for her son while her husband is deployed. Ellen and Lacey cope with the fear and stress of a loved one at war while trying to get by in a society that often ignores or misunderstands what war means to women today. When Michael and Eddie are injured in Iraq, Ellen and Lacey's lives become intertwined in Walter Reed Army Hospital, where each woman must live while caring for her wounded soldier. They form an alliance, and an unlikely friendship, while helping each other survive the dislocated world of the army hospital. Whether that means fighting for proper care for their men, sharing a six-pack, or coping with irrevocable loss, Ellen and Lacey pool their strengths to make it through. In the end, both women are changed, not only by the war and its fallout, but by each other.
Series: Thorndike Press large print women's fiction series.
Subjects:
Walter Reed Army Hospital (Washington, D.C.) -- Fiction.
Iraq War (2003-2011)
2003 - 2011
Families of military personnel -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Medical care -- Fiction.
War wounds -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Female friendship.
Large type books.
Veterans.
Iraq.
Walter Reed Army Hospital (Washington, D.C.) -- Fiction.
Iraq War (2003-2011)
2003 - 2011
Families of military personnel -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Medical care -- Fiction.
War wounds -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Female friendship.
Large type books.
Veterans.
Iraq.
ISBN:
9781410478849 (large print : hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LPF Tedrowe | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Large Print Fiction | In |