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Title: Heroes at Home: Help and Hope for America's Military Families by Ellie Kay ISBN: 0-7642-2789-0 Publisher: Bethany House Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.81 (31 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: There are better books out there.
Comment: I purchased this book in preparation for my husband's upcoming deployment, looking for hope and inspiration to get through the year he is away. When I started reading, I related easily to the comical stories and I enjoyed reading the bios of real "Heroes." I thought that for sure I would recommend this book to family and friends. As I continued reading, my opinion of the book changed.
A large portion of the book is dedicated to financial advice, and there is also parenting advice and other off-topic, unnecessary advice. If I needed this sort of guidance, I would have purchased a book specifically on one of those subjects. I was expecting this to be a book on military matters, geared toward an intelligent and experienced audience. Advice on helping children cope with a parent's deployment would be very welcome, but I don't need to be told whether to exercise, how to manage my spending, or how much tv to allow my children to watch.
There was also much more personal information about the author than I was expecting. While I did enjoy the stories about family life, the author's awards and successes seemed to pop up in many of the chapters and really weren't relevant or valuable to the reader. Her continual reference to her husband as "The World's Greatest Fighter Pilot" didn't add much either. To her credit, she did include some humorous stories about mishaps which made her seem less superhuman.
She lists some pages of acronyms and some protocol, and there were a few tidbits of useful information, but most of the information should not be new to any but the most inexperienced of military wives, or civilians. If you already know what a commissary is and that things can be damaged during moves and that deployments can be extended, then you might want to look into a different book.
For an encouraging, humorous and emotional book on deployment, I highly recommend Email to the Front by Alesia Holliday. I am currently reading Surviving Deployment by Karen Pavlicin and find it practical and informative, and very well researched. If you need a reference on protocol and military functions, I would suggest Today's Military Wife by Lydia Sloan Cline and/or one of the Handbooks by Ann Crossley.
Rating: 5
Summary: This book is a MUST for military wives...
Comment: A friend sent me this book because we are currently on recruiting assignment and this is a very isolating experience. We are military, yet not connected closely with any of the support systems available to the military. There are tons of "how to help your family" books in the market, and NONE of them before this really spoke to the military members at home.
Thank you, Ellie Kay, for writing a book that talks to all of us. We love the military and enjoy serving--but sometimes it can be a huge benefit to hear someone else say "good job" and give us information to make the road a little less lonely.
Rating: 3
Summary: Just what I needed
Comment: I have been "married to the Marine Corps" for 12 yrs and still found this book to be helpful. At the time that I picked it up to read I was just getting used to having my husband home from a 9 1/2 mth deployment to the middle east and finding out that he is soon to go back. Needless to say, I was feeling pretty sorry for myself. Reading this book reminded me that I AM one of the "sisters" of military wives. I HAVE done this before and I HAVE and WILL survive. I really enjoy learning about how the other services do things because Marines do things in their own way. I found Mrs Kay's references to "the World's Greatest Fighter Pilot" highly amusing because I call my Marine "poster boy" because he looks just what you think a Marine would look like. I really didnt need some of the advise because I have been around the Corps a time or two, but it was the spirit in which it was given that I enjoyed. Reminding me to take a step back, thank God for the blessings I do have, and just doing what needs doing.
Personally I find other people's stories to be the greatest benefit to me. When I tell people about the time my husband was in Bosnia (and on a med float), I was working full time, had a sick baby, required to move MYSELF due to paperwork snafu's, my car breaking down (the BRAKES went out while driving!!!) being short on boxes, help and only having two weeks to do it all in, they can't help but to say Whoa! But at the time, I did not feel stressed, I just knew that stuff needed to be done and I was the only one here to do it, period. My moving helpers put things down where ever there was space so I ended up with tools on the stove and toys in the utility closet, but when it was all set up a few days later, I can honestly say it was the proudest moment in my life thus far.
Thank you to Mrs Kay for reminding me of what I HAVE done in order to show me that I CAN do this too!!
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Title: Surviving Deployment: A Guide for Military Families by Karen M. Pavlicin ISBN: 0965748367 Publisher: Elva Resa Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: E-Mail to the Front: One Wife's Correspondence with Her Husband Overseas by Alesia Holliday ISBN: 0740735756 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 14 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: My Daddy Is a Soldier by Kirk Hilbrecht, Sharron Hilbrecht ISBN: 1889658014 Publisher: New Canaan Pub Co Inc Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: When Duty Calls: A Guide to Equip Active Duty, Guard and Reserve Personnel and Their Loved Ones for Military Separations by Carol Vandesteeg ISBN: 1579213766 Publisher: WinePress Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform by Meredith Leyva ISBN: 0743255542 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 30 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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