Kirsten Holmstedt – författare

• How does a woman adapt to life back at home when returning from war-torn Iraq?These deeply personal and emotional accounts of more than a dozen American soldiers returning home from the war in Iraq includes contributions from women from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard.Featuring inspiring stories of courage while recovering from physical and psychological wounds, Girls Come Marching Home looks at how combat effects someone’s entire life, including relationships with her family and friends, as well as the fight against the bureaucracy faced when trying to get help with their recovery. Controversial yet considered, this book is a revealing and rare perspective on the war in the Middle East.About the authorA sought-after speaker on women in the military and a respected advocate for their cause, Kirsten Holmstedt has testified before Congress and appeared on PBS’s NewsHour, BBC’s The World, and C-SPAN, as well as local TV and radio programs across the country. Her previous book, Band of Sisters, received the American Authors Association’s Golden Quill Award and the Military Writers Society of America’s Founder’s Award. Holmstedt lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Life is tough for veterans, especially female veterans. They have much to deal with and much to heal from: combat, physical and psychological wounds, sexual harassment and assault, trauma, stress, chains of command, the VA. Now more than ever these veterans are facing their problems head on. In this inspiring new book, Kirsten Holmstedt, trusted chronicler of women soldiers and veterans, tells the ups-and-downs stories of veterans struggling with the aftereffects of military service.• Introduces us to more than a dozen female veterans from all branches of the military, from Vietnam through Iraq and Afghanistan• Highlights where the military has succeeded and failed to help veterans

In Iraq, the front lines are everywhere . . . and everywhere in Iraq, no matter what their job descriptions say, women in the U.S. military are fighting--more than 155,000 of them. A critical and commercial success in hardcover, Band of Sisters presents a dozen groundbreaking and often heart-wrenching stories of American women in combat in Iraq, such as the U.S.s first female pilot to be shot down and survive, the militarys first black female pilot in combat, a young turret gunner defending convoys, and a nurse struggling to save lives, including her own.