{"product_id":"fidelis-a-memoir-hardback-9781640123557","title":"Fidelis; A Memoir (Hardback) 9781640123557","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFidelis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Memoir\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTeresa Fazio (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781640123557\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 September 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm, 0.434 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"In lyrical and brilliant prose, \u003ci\u003eFidelis\u003c\/i\u003e offers a war story you have not read before.\"-Kate Hendricks Thomas and Maggie Shields, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Veterans Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Compelling for the conflict it depicts between honor and love, Fazio's book offers a deeply personal perspective on gender issues in the male-dominated world of the Marine Corps. A candid and insightful memoir.\"-\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A startlingly frank discussion of both a combat deployment and the fallout from an affair, Teresa Fazio’s \u003ci\u003eFidelis\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive, fascinating, and thankfully unromantic account of love and war.”-Phil Klay, author of \u003ci\u003eRedeployment\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the National Book Award\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“This powerful, haunting story by a former Marine officer deployed to Iraq is about being a woman in a traditionally male world, about war and peace and love and death, and about the heat of the desert and the coldness of loss. This is a heart-racing read, full of surprises, with a knock-out message.”-Susan Cheever, author of \u003ci\u003eDrinking in America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHome Before Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFidelis\u003c\/i\u003e is an achingly good book about love, war, and return-that rarest of memoirs that manages to be both true to the experience and genuine art at the same time. Teresa Fazio establishes herself as a first-rate writer with this accomplishment. Know her name and this courageous, fierce story too.”-Matt Gallagher, author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYoungblood\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Teresa Fazio’s candid and compelling memoir of family trauma and war sheds new light on the nature of moral injury. \u003ci\u003eFidelis\u003c\/i\u003e explores the deeply human need to be connected to others and loved unconditionally, in war and at home. An essential read for those seeking to understand the challenges and questions young women face while serving in the armed forces.”-Jerri Bell, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eIt’s My Country Too: Women’s Military Stories from the American Revolution to Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFidelis\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, intimate coming-of-age story from a wonderful writer. Teresa Fazio perfectly re-creates the fumbling anxiety of early adulthood, masterfully capturing how the pressures of the Marine Corps honor code, Catholic tenets, and childhood memories combined to complicate her growth into womanhood. For anyone seeking to understand who serves in today’s military, this is a must-read book.”-Kayla Williams, author of \u003ci\u003ePlenty of Time When We Get Home: Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFidelis\u003c\/i\u003e is a young Marine’s tense, heartfelt story of her life before, during, and after her deployment to Iraq.\"-Carol Booton, \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 1998 Teresa Fazio signed up for the Marine Corps’ ROTC program to pay her way through MIT. After the United States was attacked on September 11, 2001, leading to the War on Terror, she graduated with a physics degree into a very different world, owing the Marines four years of active duty. At twenty-three years old and five foot one, Fazio was the youngest and smallest officer in her battalion; the combined effect of her short hair, glasses, and baggy camo was less \u003ci\u003eHurt Locker\u003c\/i\u003e than \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter Goes to War\u003c\/i\u003e. She cut an incongruous figure commanding more experienced troops in an active war zone, where vulnerability was not only taboo but potentially lethal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this coming-of-age story set in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Fazio struggles with her past, her sense of authority, and her womanhood. Anger stifles her fear and uncertainty. A forbidden affair placates her need for love and security. But emptiness, guilt, and nightmares plague Fazio through her deployment-and follow her back home.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Author’\u003cbr\u003es Note\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. Packing for War\u003cbr\u003e 2. Convoy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Groundhog Day\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hometown Throwdown\u003cbr\u003e 5. Training\u003cbr\u003e 6. Night Watch\u003cbr\u003e 7. Intrigue\u003cbr\u003e 8. Past and Future\u003cbr\u003e 9. Beatings Will Continue until Morale Improves\u003cbr\u003e 10. Everything Goes to Shit\u003cbr\u003e 11. Laying Cable\u003cbr\u003e 12. Light My Fire\u003cbr\u003e 13. American Girl\u003cbr\u003e 14. Falling\u003cbr\u003e 15. Semper Fidelis?\u003cbr\u003e 16. Worst Christmas Ever\u003cbr\u003e 17. Wintry Mix\u003cbr\u003e 18. Good-bye?\u003cbr\u003e 19. Paddling like a Duck\u003cbr\u003e 20. Gone to Carolina\u003cbr\u003e 21. A Little Trouble in the Big Apple\u003cbr\u003e 22. Get By with a Little Help\u003cbr\u003e 23. Crash\u003cbr\u003e 24. No One Left Behind\u003cbr\u003e 25. Reveille\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Source Acknowledgments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Potomac Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52633524928792,"sku":"9781640123557","price":20.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fidelis-a-memoir-hardback-9781640123557","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}