by Helen Thorpe
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HELEN THORPE’s journalism has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, New York magazine, The New Yorker, Slate, and Harper’s Bazaar. Her radio stories have aired on This American Life and Soundprint. She is the author of Just Like Us, winner of the Colorado Book Award, and lives in Denver.
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Soldier girls : the battles of three women at home and at war / Helen Thorpe.
pages cm
1. United States. Army—Women—Biography. 2. Women soldiers—United States—Biography. 3. Afghan War, 2001—Women—United States—Biography. 4. Iraq War, 2003–2011—Women—United States—Biography. 5. Indiana. National Guard—Biography. 6. Afghan War, 2001—Campaigns. 7. Iraq War, 2003–2011—Campaigns. 8. Women veterans—United States—Biography. 9. Single mothers—United States—Biography. 10. Women—Indiana—Biography. I. Title. II. Title: Battles of three women at home and at war.
UB418.W65T56 2014
956.7044'342092520973—dc23 2014000658
ISBN 978-1-4516-6810-0
ISBN 978-1-4516-6812-4 (ebook)