Comments on: You know when the men are gone http://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blogs/adults/?p=1542 The Fairfield Public Library Reader’s Advisor – Recommendations, Reviews and More Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:25:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Dawn La Valle http://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blogs/adults/?p=1542#comment-629 Dawn La Valle Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:36:52 +0000 http://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blogs/adults/?p=1542#comment-629 As a former Marine, I can attest to the strain military deployments place on personal and family relationships. What is more difficult is when the deployment takes place during a period of war. Too often, the media sensationalizes deployed untis returning home. They briefly cover a happy homecoming, but when the cameras are off and the families go home, reality sets in. PTSD has been diagnosed in a large percentage of returning mililtary personnel making the transition from deployment to regular life difficult. This book uncovers the raw reality of the lives of those affected by a deployment and it is not always a happy ending. Definitely a must read for everyone.

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