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Jul 7, 2015 · Helen Thorpe follows the lives of three women over twelve years on their paths to the military, overseas to combat, and back home…and then overseas again for two of them. These women, who are quite different in every way, become friends, and we watch their interaction and also what happens when they are separated.
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Soldier Girls is a 1981 documentary film by Nick Broomfield and Joan Churchill (who were a married couple at the time of the filming), shot in fourteen weeks in Fort Gordon, Georgia, about several women training in the US army.
Soldier's Girl is a 2003 biographical drama film written by Ron Nyswaner and directed by Frank Pierson. It is based on a story of the relationship between Barry Winchell and Calpernia Addams and the events that led up to Barry's murder by a fellow soldier, starring Troy Garity as Winchell and Lee Pace as Addams.
“What Thorpe accomplishes in Soldier Girls is something far greater than describing the experience of women in the military. The book is a solid chunk of American history — detailing the culture’s failing, resilience and progress… Thorpe triumphs.” (The New York Times Book Review)
In Soldier Girls, Helen Thorpe follows the lives of three women over twelve years on their paths to the military, overseas to combat, and back home…and then overseas again for two of them.
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Learn more about Soldier Girls at http://books.simonandschuster.com/Soldier-Girls/Helen-Thorpe/9781451668100?mcd=vd_youtube_book Award-winning writer Helen ...
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Aug 5, 2014 · From an award-winning, “meticulously observant” (The New Yorker), and “masterful” (Booklist) writer comes a groundbreaking account of three women deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, and how their military service affected their friendship, their personal lives, and their families.
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