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The Long Way Home: One Mom's Journey Home From War
The Long Way Home: One Mom's Journey Home From War
The Long Way Home: One Mom's Journey Home From War
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The Long Way Home: One Mom's Journey Home From War

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My name is Jessica Scott. I am a soldier. I am a mother. I am a wife.


In 2009, Army second lieutenant Jessica Scott deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. She thought deploying was the hardest thing she'd ever do.

She was wrong.

This is the story of a mother coming home from war and learning to be a mom again. This is the story of a lieutenant making the grade and becoming a company commander. This is the journey of a writer persevering through a hundred rejections. This is the story of a soldier learning to be a woman again. This is the story of a wife waiting for the end of a war.

This is the journey as it happened, without commentary.

This is her blog. There are many blogs from the Iraq war, but this one is hers.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherJessica Scott
Release dateJun 1, 2014
ISBN9781482642315
The Long Way Home: One Mom's Journey Home From War
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Jessica Scott

Jessica Scott is the mother of three children... isn't that enough? She has a BA in Sociology from UC Berkeley and spent her pre-motherhood career in the nonprofit world focusing on the needs of at-risk children and families. Her creative and strong-willed children inspire wild and amusing storylines.

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