Mrs. Lieutenant: A Sharon Gold Novel

by Phyllis Zimbler Miller
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Price: $17.95
Tags: Fiction, Vietnam

Synopsis

In the spring of 1970 – right after the Kent State National Guard shootings and President Nixon's two-month incursion into Cambodia – four newly married young women come together at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, when their husbands go on active duty as officers in the U.S. Army.

Different as these four women are, they have one thing in common: Their overwhelming fear that, right after these nine weeks of training, their husbands could be shipped out to Vietnam – and they could become war widows.

Sharon is a Jewish anti-war protester who fell in love with an ROTC cadet; Kim is a Southern Baptist whose husband is intensely jealous; Donna is a Puerto Rican who grew up in an enlisted man's family; and Wendy is a Southern black whose parents have sheltered her from the brutal reality of racism in America.

Read MRS. LIEUTENANT to discover what happens as these women overcome their prejudices, reveal their darkest secrets, and are initiated into their new lives as army officers' wives during the turbulent Vietnam War period.

REVIEWS:

In Mrs. Lieutenant, Zimbler Miller has created a cast of strong female characters. In the face of a decision that could mean life or death for their husbands, they do not crumble. Their fear might cause them to waiver or break down, but they rise up again. They have no other choice. Sharon says it best on page 453: 'There's such a thing as quiet heroism. The kind that doesn't bring attention to itself. The kind that just does a good job.'
--  http://diaryofaneccentric.blogspot.com/2008/07/mrs-lieutenant-by-phyllis-zimbler.html   (Anna L. Horner)

I liked the writing style which is freeflowing and, at times, can be immensely personal. The author pulls no punches on this storyline - this is about Vietnam, its about the war, but its really about 4 strong women who will manage to find themselves throughout all the chaos, fear and pain.
--  www.bookshipper.blogspot.com

It was an uncertain time with emotions drawn tight by the war. The officers' wives served their country and citizens just as loyally as their husbands did. "It has been said that when a man acquits a commission the government has gained not one but two the officer and his wife." Miller weaves the voices of each woman into alternating chapters. Miller is a talented writer. The title of this book hints at more books to come, I can only hope. Fans of history and drama will enjoy Mrs. Lieutenant.
-- Debra Gaynor
 

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