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An inside look into the lives of our veterans and the far-reaching impact of combat and serviceThere's no real homecoming for many of our veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They may go through the motions of daily life in their hometowns, but the terrible sights and sounds of war are still fresh in their minds.In this empathic, inside look into the lives of our combat veterans, Marguerite Guzman Bouvard reveals the lingering impact that the longest wars in our nation's history continue to have on far too many of our finest young people. Basing her account on numerous interviews with veterans and their families, Bouvard examines the factors that have made these recent conflicts especially trying.A major focus of the book is the extreme duress that is a daily part of a soldier's life in combat zones with no clear frontlines or perimeters.
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I was born in Trieste Italy. I'm a former professor of Political Science and poetry workshops. I am the author of 16 books in the fields of politics, women and human rights, grief, illness and spirituality. I've written 7 books of poetry. My first won the Quarterly Review of Literature prize and my latest poetry book, "The Unpredictability of Light," won the MassBook Award for poetry. My latest book is "the Invisible Wounds of War; Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
