Military Wives 101

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Summary: Highly Recommend
Review: "Military 101" is an excellent book to read. I read this book in a week and the only reason it took that long was because I have a newborn. Anyway, this book was exciting and kept my attention. I liked that way the author started the book, not just dealing with the military life, but on how each woman made life decision and how they learned from their mistakes and moved on. This book wasn't solely on the life in the Military, but on how life was before and during military life. Now, whether you marry a military man, an athlete, or a businessman you have a life before marriage and the author did a wonderful job in bringing to life before the military. Although I am not a military wife, I was able to relate to this book. The author did a great job in relating to women as a whole, regardless if they are military wives or not.

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Summary: Highly Recommend
Review: "Military 101" is an excellent book to read. I read this book in a week and the only reason it took that long was because I have a newborn. Anyway, this book was exciting and kept my attention. I liked that way the author started the book, not just dealing with the military life, but on how each woman made life decision and how they learned from their mistakes and moved on. This book wasn't solely on the life in the Military, but on how life was before and during military life. Now, whether you marry a military man, an athlete, or a businessman you have a life before marriage and the author did a wonderful job in bringing to life before the military. Although I am not a military wife, I was able to relate to this book. The author did a great job in relating to women as a whole, regardless if they are military wives or not.

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Summary: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME
Review: As a military wife of 10 years, I was intrigued to read a book about other military wives and their perspective on military life. What a joke! This is a poorly written book in which the reader has to slog through 3/4 of the book in order to finally read about life in the military. And throughout the whole book there are the most outrageous typos and other editorial errors. Who was her editor? As a military spouse I could not relate at all to either of her charaters. The words and actions of Ms. Gaines's characters did nothing to help diffuse the common public misnomer that military personnel are the low class side of our society. I am embarrased by how military spouses are inacurately portrayed in this book. What a waste of time.

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Summary: Military Wives 101
Review: As a young, college educated woman married to an Army officer, I found this book to be an insult to military wives. The women were portrayed as promiscuous and materialistic...something that most military wives are NOT. Having been a military wife for over 7 years, I can say that this book does NOT even come close to describing a typical military life.

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Summary: Military Wives 101
Review: Being a military wife for 12 years I thought this would be a great book to read. Was I wrong. Our book club read this and we all came to an agreement, we would not recommend this book to anyone. If you are looking for an interesting book about military life this is not it.

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Summary: Could not relate to the title, but empathize with the story.
Review: Even though I am not a military wife, I could definately relate to the story. I found this book fascinating and I could NOT put it down! In spite of the typos, this book was very easy to read and relate to. It captures the emotions and endeavors that many new wives face when they set aside their personal goals for the sake of their husband's. Not only were these characters sacrificing their commitment to their careers, but also to their friends and family--for the sake of love. The author did a great job portraying both the positive and negative outcomes that result when young women make rapid decisions regarding marriage. The reader who decided to throw the book in the trash should have saved it for her daughter to read someday!

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Summary: Could not relate to the title, but empathize with the story.
Review: Even though I am not a military wife, I could definately relate to the story. I found this book fascinating and I could NOT put it down! In spite of the typos, this book was very easy to read and relate to. It captures the emotions and endeavors that many new wives face when they set aside their personal goals for the sake of their husband's. Not only were these characters sacrificing their commitment to their careers, but also to their friends and family--for the sake of love. The author did a great job portraying both the positive and negative outcomes that result when young women make rapid decisions regarding marriage. The reader who decided to throw the book in the trash should have saved it for her daughter to read someday!

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Summary: Worth More Than Book Swap
Review: I am a military wife and have been for 6 years, I am also the daughter of a Career Army man and the granddaughter of the a Retired Army Cheif Warrant Officer. This book was truthful from beginning to end. I am not a "Drama Queen," but most of the "queens" I have met are tied to the military. The 2 characters in this book have many ups and downs and are truly tested, they survived the test and that is what being a military wife is about. Even if you have not experienced these issues, stay with the military long enough and I guarantee you will meet at least one person. I recommend this book to Military Wives, Service Personal and the Civilian world.

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Summary: Worth More Than Book Swap
Review: I am a military wife and have been for 6 years, I am also the daughter of a Career Army man and the granddaughter of the a Retired Army Cheif Warrant Officer. This book was truthful from beginning to end. I am not a "Drama Queen," but most of the "queens" I have met are tied to the military. The 2 characters in this book have many ups and downs and are truly tested, they survived the test and that is what being a military wife is about. Even if you have not experienced these issues, stay with the military long enough and I guarantee you will meet at least one person. I recommend this book to Military Wives, Service Personal and the Civilian world.

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Summary: Not worthy of the "Book Swap" section at the library
Review: I have to agree with the other "one star" reviewers. I am a military wife of 9 years, and I could not identify with either of the book's two primary characters. It isn't until almost the end that either character even becomes a military wife. I would NOT recommend this book to anyone. There were many grammatical and typographical errors--was it even edited?? I normally donate the books I've read to the local library for their swap section--this one went in the garbage. Don't waste your time on this book.