Books by Karen Houppert:
Home Fires Burning:
Married to the Military
For Better or Worse
 
hfb_bookcover_leftSide (5K)

 

The Curse: Confronting
The Last Unmentionable
Taboo--Menstruation
theCurse (6K)

Published March 1, 2005
"Gripping...[A] thoughtful and absorbing study of military wives today."
-The New York Times Book Review

"Marvelously detailed...closely reported, deeply empathetic...and an important story about today's America."
-Elle

"A gripping read...a fine example of popular nonfiction as a spur for reforms."
-The Washington Post

"Thorough, unsentimental examinations of military wives' real lives are rare. That's why Home Fires Burning is such an important book."
-Newsday

"A patriotic work that should be required reading at the Pentagon."
-The San Diego Union-Tribune