Once Upon a War: The Diary of a Waiting Wife, is a heartfelt memoir that relates how the author's family and many others survived separation from loved ones during the Vietnam War. Together, they awaited their husbands' return in Schilling Manor, a residence designated especially for the families, located in Salina, Kansas. There has never been another community like it. Diary ...
Once Upon a War: The Diary of a Waiting Wife, is a heartfelt memoir that relates how the author's family and many others survived separation from loved ones during the Vietnam War. Together, they awaited their husbands' return in Schilling Manor, a residence designated especially for the families, located in Salina, Kansas. There has never been another community like it. Diary entries and letters describe life at home and in the war zone, as well as political turmoil during an era when denigration of the military was in style.
作者简介
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Joan Diehl lives in Madison, Alabama, with her husband, Glen, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and Vietnam War veteran. Joan is a former editor of the Madison County Record, a weekly newspaper now called the Madison Record. Born in Topeka, Kansas, she and her husband have five children and 18 grandchildren, one of whom is deceased.
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越战时期席林空军基地社区的美国军嫂日常:想老公→写信给老公→带孩子→做头发→帮别的军嫂带孩子→参与社区事务→练合唱→望弥撒→点评局势→想老公→给老公写信→带孩子……循环往复,直到丈夫归来。但正如作者所说,她们没有时间自怜,每一个人都欢欣而忙碌。作者有五个孩子,平日里独自一人已经忙得不可开交,竟还寻思着再收养一个越南孩子,也许真的有很多很多爱吧,虽然在日记的字里行间,她对自家孩子也没有过多的流露。