Selected Product:
no
picture
available
| Going Overboard: The Misadventures of a Military Wife
Paperback
Author: Sarah Smiley
Publisher: NAL Trade
Release Date: June 2006
ISBN-10: B000VYKB72
Average Customer Rating:
  | |
Married to the Military: A Survival Guide for Military Wives, Girlfriends, and Women in Uniform
ISBN-10: 0743255542
ISBN-13: 9780743255547
List Price:$14.00
Separated By Duty, United In Love
ISBN-10: 0806527277
ISBN-13: 9780806527277
List Price:$7.95
Chicken Soup for the Military Wife's Soul: Stories to Touch the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
ISBN-10: 0757302653
ISBN-13: 9780757302657
List Price:$14.95
Homefront Club: The Hardheaded Woman's Guide to Raising a Military Family
ISBN-10: 1591142288
ISBN-13: 9781591142287
List Price:$19.95
|
To use our price comparison to get the cheapest price, please click on the "Find the Cheapest Price" button located above for Going Overboard: The Misadventures of a Military Wife by Sarah Smiley (ISBN-10: B000VYKB72, ISBN-13: 0).
At this time we have not yet written a review for Going Overboard: The Misadventures of a Military Wife by Sarah Smiley (ISBN-10: B000VYKB72, ISBN-13: 0). Please continue to keep checking back to this page as we are constantly adding reviews.
Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com
A former Navy brat and present-day Navy wife, Sarah Smiley knows better than anyone that weddings and funerals-even childbirth!-take a backseat to Uncle Sam. And it seems that every time the young, nationally syndicated columnist gets comfortable with her routine, her husband is sent away for an unexpected deployment. What follows is a true test of strength and wit that even Sarah's nit-picking mother-in-law couldn't have prepared her for. From raccoons in the attic to getting locked out of the house in cowgirl pajamas to developing a crush on her handsome doctor, Sarah learns that growing up means taking a leap-and sometimes going a little overboard. In this memoir, she exposes it all with candor, heart, and a whole lot of laughs.
I wanted to love this book!
| Customer Rating: | | I, too, am a Navy Pilot's wife with 2 young children who's been through a couple deployments. I recently came across Sarah Smiley's columns and just adored them and her. I found them to be witty and honest and true to life. I expected similar from the book! It let me down. I wanted to admire her, as I did reading her columns, but instead I just got annoyed! I have had so many of the same feelings. There have been so many times I've been unmotivated to get anything done. I have felt loneliness and even helplessness. I have wanted to just check out and let someone else take care of me. But I was disappointed in how she handled those feelings. I don't want to judge her. I respect her for her honesty and her ability to express her story in such a humorous way. But it was not as inspiring for me as I had hoped. I don't think I will recommend this book to anyone, but I will definitely continue reading her columns! |
I'd be so embarrased...
| Customer Rating: | | I was so excited to read this book, especially after meeting Sarah Smiley when she was a guest speaker at a military spouses group I was a part of. However, after reading the book, I was disappointed. While I admire her honesty (although I wonder how much of that "honesty" is driven by the need to spice up the book to improve with sales"), I would be so embarrased if I were Sarah. I am a military brat AND a military wife and have dealt with my own deployments. My husband deployed when our son was just 5 weeks old and our daughter was 2 1/2. I DID NOT FALL APART!! Nowhere near!! It's difficult, yes but there's no honor in the way she behaved! I'm teetering between sympathy for Sarah and disgrace. What a mess! I really expected more from the book though! I'm glad I didn't spend much on it! |
Funny, The best story about military life.
| Customer Rating: | | I love Sara Smiley! This book is so refreshing after reading so many serious or do this and not this military wife books out there. I think my experiences with military life and deployment are funny. It is what it is but I knew that getting married to my soldier. This book entertained me so much i bought it twice (one to pass around) and the other I have to keep to read again. Thanks for the great book!! HIGHLY recommended. You can find a lot of how to's and guides online but for entertainment on what it is REALLY like to be a military wife is right in the book! |
this book stunk
| Customer Rating: | | This book was written for idiots! Should be considered a fiction novel. Don't waste your time if you want to read a book about military wives read either "Under the Sabers" or "Home Fires Burning". This author should stick to writing magazine columns. |
Must read for any military aviator's spouse
| Customer Rating: | | Sarah Smiley does a wonderful job of relating military family life. It's great to know that there are other women and families out there who are dealing with the same everyday issues. I love that she's unafraid to put her feelings and actions out in print for the rest of us to read. It's great knowing that I'm not the only one who hates waiting at Pass and Tag or who has family and friends who have no clue about our lives as military spouses. I can't wait to read more from this entertaining writer! |
|
