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Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War
Written by Helen Thorpe
Narrated by Donna Postel
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Soldier Girls follows the lives of three women on their paths to the military. These women, who are quite different in every way, become friends.
Author
Helen Thorpe
Helen Thorpe was born in London and grew up in Medford, New Jersey. Her journalism has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Texas Monthly, and Slate. Her radio stories have aired on This American Life and Soundprint. She is also the author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us. Her work has won the Colorado Book Award and the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. She lives in Denver, Colorado.
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