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Hi this is Betsy from Otto’s.  There have been a lot of books about soldiers in the war zones of the world, but not nearly as many about the lives of the families that are awaiting their return.  Now there is one about the wives stationed on army bases stateside and how they cope.  You Know When the Men Are Gone is by the wife of a soldier deployed twice to Iraq while she stayed back at the Fort Hood Army base.  It’s a novel but it’s so real you feel she just “changed the names to protect the innocent.”  Each chapter focuses on one woman and the rest come back in later chapters of their own.  Their fears, their doubts, their bonding with the other women, their fortitude in keeping the home fires burning until their men return (or not)—all these make for riveting dramas.  And just to keep a balanced perspective, the author writes about what their men are going through half way round the world and how it affects their return.  Read You Know When the Men Are Gone and get the rest of the story of war.  You’ll find it at Otto’s a booklover’s paradise in the heart of Downtown Williamsport.

You Know When the Men Are Gone (Hardcover)

By Siobhan Fallon

$23.95

ISBN-13: 9780399157202
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: NAL Trade, 1/2011

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