Books by Karen Houppert:
Home Fires Burning:
Married to the Military
For Better or Worse
 
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The Curse: Confronting
The Last Unmentionable
Taboo--Menstruation
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Reviews for
Home Fires Burning
Karen Houppert


The Oregonian (Sunday) "On the Homefront" Review by Mike Francis, 757 words,
August 14, 2005

Seattle Post Intelligencer "Surveying the War's Toll on the Homefront" Review by John Marshall, 661 words,
July 29, 2005

Sarasota Tribune "Winning Hearts and Minds at Home" Feature by Susan Rife, 893 words,
June 19, 2005

The New York Times "Left Behind" Review by Laura Shapiro, 632 words,
June 05, 2005

St. Petersburg Times Review by Margo Hammond, 955 words,
May 29, 2005

Newsday "Military Life at Its Best and Worst" Column by Susan Campbell, 800 words,
May 18, 2005

Hartford Courant "Military Life at Its Best and Worst" Review, 615 words,
May 18, 2005

New York Newsday "Life on the Domestic Front" Review by Liza Featherstone, 562 words,
April 17, 2005

Washington Monthly "Home Alone: The Stunted Lives of Military Wives" Review by Clara Bingham, 2000 words,
April 01, 2005

The Seattle Times "'Home Fires Burning' Offers Hard Look at Lives of Military Spouses" Book Review, 880 words,
March 30, 2005

East Bay Express "It's a State of Mind" Review by Linnea Due, 1208 words,
March 30, 2005

Fort Wayne Journal "'Fires' Burns Through Military-Spouse Myths" Review, 700 words,
March 30, 2005

The Washington Post (Book World) "Left Behind" Review by Lily Burana, 845 words,
March 27, 2005

Watertown Daily Times "Married to the Military: Wives of Fort Drum Soldiers are Featured in a 'Home Fires' Book" By Sean Nealon, 1500 words,
March 19, 2005

Time Out New York "A Spouse Divided" Feature by Julia Cosgrove, 1000 words,
March 17, 2005

San Diego Union-Tribune "Keepers of the 'Home Fires'; Military Wives Have it Bad--A Reporter Delivers an Indictment, and Some Fixes" Review by Kate Callen, 642 words,
March 06, 2005

Elle Magazine "Waiting Out the War: A Reporter's Candid Take on life at Home Among Those who Serve--And Those Who Love Them" Review, 800 words,
March 01, 2005

Library Journal "Home Fires Burning: Married to the Military--for Better or Worse" Review by Ellen D. Gilbert, 253 words,
March 01, 2005

Publishers Weekly "Home Fires Burning: Married to the Military--for Better or Worse" Review, 251 words,
February 21, 2005