Synopsis
Lily Burana was a wild stripper who fell for a staid military man, and in this heartfelt and entertaining memoir, she tracks their unusual courtship. Burana faced immense difficulties when her husband was sent to Iraq, and she documents how she coped with her loneliness and fear, and how she managed to hold their marriage together.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2009-04-14 |
| Size | | Length: | 352 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
In this brave, eloquent, and funny memoir, critically acclaimed author Lily Burana writes about love and self-discovery with an honesty few writers would dare.
A former stripper with a penchant for fishnets and anarchist politics, Lily's lacerating wit and rebellious past never would have suggested a marriage into the military. But then she met Major Mike, a Military Intelligence officer and professor at West Point, and fell hopelessly in love, resulting in a most unorthodox fairytale romance - poignant, sometimes painful, and utterly unpredictable.
After Lily and Mike tied the knot, life as an Army wife proved to be a rough adjustment for authority-averse Lily. When Mike was deployed in the War on Terror, Lily was suddenly left to endure his absence alone, with no friends, no support system, and no knowledge of the vast and confusing military world into which she had married.
Upon Mike's return from the war, the couple moved to historic West Point. With the support of the other military wives, Lily worked through the daily struggle to find her way and came to know and love a group of unlikely friends. Together, Mike and Lily suffered through the nightmare of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, while Lily suffered bouts of depression that nearly ended their marriage. Through it all, Lily struggled with her preconceptions about the military and coped with being married to a good soldier fighting a brutal war.
From harrowing emotion to the dishy details of being an Army wife, Lily Burana bares her heart and soul as a modern military spouse. I LOVE A MAN IN UNIFORM is a profoundly moving story of how a woman can locate, and heal, her true self.
Industry Reviews
"Burana's voice is often sharp and funny, honest and sexy....[And i]t's fun to watch her try to squeeze her round-peg self into the very square hole that is regimental life."
(05/04/2009)
"[A] humorous, moving and surprising account of married life in today's military....an honest and touching personal memoir...."
(05/17/2009)
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