An insightful and descriptive collection of short stories Ft. Hood families, their lives inside the base, their trials and fears revolving around the soldiers and their experiences. Though fictional, the stories embrace truths about war injuries, both physical and mental, infidelity, hope, and coping.

The endings to these separate stories left us wondering what was going to happen next. The stories all took place on the Ft Hood base but were not interconnected. It did make for good discussion in our club though.

THE book gave us an insight to the lives of Army wives and all they have to deal with life on a day-to-day basis. A few chapters gave the male point of view and how they reacts to their deployment or situation. It leaves you wondering...wondering.

As an Air Force wife, I could relate to the stories. As my husband retired from the AF 15 yrs ago, it brought back a lot of memories. I had totally forgotten about the playing of retreat at 5:00 PM every day, and the requirement to stop until it is over, including pulling your car over.
There was not one thing that I thought "that would never happen". Very realistic portayal of life on a military base.
The only thing that stopped me from giving it 5 stars, is that I would have liked to see how some of the stories were resolved.