Author : Tanya Crabb
Publisher : Tanya Crabb
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)
Book Synopsis Living the Dream: A Military Coming of Age Story by : Tanya Crabb
Download or read book Living the Dream: A Military Coming of Age Story written by Tanya Crabb and published by Tanya Crabb. This book was released on 2021-08-21 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mya Russell joined the Marines at 18 for one reason – to escape her mother. Two years after enlisting, she’s found a home of sorts at Camp Lejeune. She has a desk job, colleagues, and friends. She’s even managed to find love. Her life back in Brooklyn, with her mother’s beatings and stepfather’s midnight visits to her bedroom, seemed almost far enough way. Finally, she has begun to feel settled. Then came Desert Storm. Living the Dream opens with Mya headed to the Persian Gulf with her best friend Kevin, her ex-best friend Jamie, and a plane full of Marines. Only a handful of them are women. The women arrive in Saudi to find themselves surrounded by thousands of men, unfamiliar faces, and unsafe surroundings. Initially, tensions are high among the women – most of whom didn’t get along in the states – until they are thrown together, forced to deal with scud alerts, rape attempts, and a firefight. When one of the women is cut down by enemy fire, Mya and the women of her unit discover they must band together to survive. Living the Dream provides a woman’s view of life in the military, and in particular, tells the story of one Jamaican American woman as she tries to overcome personal and emotional challenges. It is a story of the courage, commitment, love, and friendship under fire