Behind the Blue-Star Banner: A Memoir from the Home Front by Michelle S. Cuthrell
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- Pub. Date: May 2008
- Sales Rank: 329,909
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: May 2008
- Publisher: Good Catch Publishing
- Format: Paperback
- Sales Rank: 329,909
- ISBN-13: 9781934635223
- ISBN: 1934635227
Synopsis
Michelle Cuthrell was 23 years old, nine months out of college and 11 weeks pregnant with her first child when her husband deployed to Iraq in August 2005.
With a baby in her belly and a husband in her heart, this newlywed embarked on a crazy journey that led her through a year of tests and trials, heartbreak and hard times, as she lived alone in the freezes and frosts of Fairbanks, Alaska. There, Michelle endured the pregnancy and rearing of the couple's first and only child as her husband, Matt, served with the 172nd Stryker brigade in Mosul, Iraq.
But when the Department of Defense extended Matt's unit for four additional months in country, just 10 days shy of his much-anticipated homecoming after a year at war, Michelle temporarily fell apart. It was in those difficult days that she learned the real value of friendship, faith and unfailing love.
Behind the Blue-Star Banner documents Michelle's 16-month journey to reunion, and the lessons she learned about true service and sacrifice along the way.
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Behind the Blue-Star Banner: A Memoir from the Home Frontby Anonymous
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February 26, 2008: This is a wonderfully gripping and heartfelt book that will have you captivated from the very first page. Michelle is very brave in sharing the hidden world that we Army wives live in, and gives great insight into this wonderful and sometimes trying life that we have the privalige of living. Every military wife should read this book -- you will laugh and cry, and find new strength in this beautiful memoir. This book will inspire you to be the wife that our heros need.
Behind the Blue-Star Banner: A Memoir from the Home Frontby Anonymous
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February 25, 2008: After reading this book from cover to cover I had the happy experience to hear Michelle speak. She is very uplifting and it comes out clearly in her book. I too made it through the deployment and extension of the 172nd Stryker Brigade by finding joy and relying on God. This was a wonderful read and I am recommending it to all the spouses in my FRG.
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