You Know When the Men Are Gone (Audiobook)

from amydelpo

A very important book on a topic seldom examined in serious literature -- the lives of the families left behind by people fighting in a war. Often well written -- occasionally sloppy and cliched -- but always interesting and compelling. The families are treated with compassion and respect -- but ...

from pdebolt

I was deeply touched by this book when I remembered the pain and uncertainty of being a military wife when my husband was deployed. The feeling of belonging to a group of wives experiencing the same fears and sharing their unique joys and challenges probably can't be understood by civilians. Ther...

from astults

The focus of the stories in You Know When the Men Are Gone varies from an observer of military life to directly involved which keeps it interesting without rehashing the same story type. Not all of the stories take place on Fort Hood though it is home base for the military families highlighted in...

from mldavis2

I enjoyed this book, a series of eight short vignettes of life on a U.S. Military base as experienced by the soldiers and their wives. While it is fiction, it nevertheless is intended to give the reader an insight into the pressures, uncertainties, distrust and love that overseas deployment separ...

from nancyewhite

Barely linked short stories that focus on Fort Hood in a time of deployment. Individually the stories are beautifully written, emotionally satisfying and filled with believable detail. Fallon is a soldier's wife, so she knows of what she writes. The focus is primarily on the women left behind and...