Plenty of Time When We Get Home
Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War
Published on 10. February 2014
288 pages
978-0-393-24292-8 (ISBN)
Description
When SPC Kayla Williams and SGT Brian McGough met at a mountain outpost in Iraq in 2003, only their verbal sparring could have betrayed a hint of attraction. Neither could have predicted the sequence of events that would shape their lives.
Brian, on his way back to base after mid-tour leave, was wounded by a roadside bomb that sent shrapnel through his brain. Kayla waited anxiously for news and, on returning home, sought out Brian. The two began a tentative romance and later married, but neither anticipated the consequences of Brian's injury on their lives. Lacking essential support for returning veterans from the military and the VA, Kayla and Brian suffered through posttraumatic stress amplified by his violent mood swings, her struggles to reintegrate into a country still oblivious to women veterans, and what seemed the callous, consumerist indifference of civilian society at large.Kayla persevered. So did Brian. They fought for their marriage, drawing on remarkable reservoirs of courage and commitment. They confronted their demons head-on, impatient with phoniness of any sort. Inspired by an unwavering ethos of service, they continued to stand on common ground. Finally, they found their own paths to healing and wholeness, both as individuals and as a family, in dedication to a larger community.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Windows
ISBN-13
978-0-393-24292-8 (9780393242928)
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Person
Kayla Williams, a former Arabic linguist in the U.S. Army, is the author of Love My Rifle More than You and Plenty of Time When We Get Home. She lives with her husband Brian and their two children in Virginia.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. The Injury
- 2. Fix Me Some Coffee
- 3. Homecoming Honeymoon
- 4. Breakdown
- 5. There's Always a Way Out
- 6. Rollercoaster
- 7. Husband and Wife
- 8. Breaking Point
- 9. The Turn
- 10. Fresh Start
- 11. Into the Light
- 12. Good Neighbors
- 13. The Honeybadger Book Club
- 14. Fulfillment
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Acknowledgments
- Also by Kayla Williams
- Praise for PLENTY OF TIME WHEN WE GET HOME
- Copyright
