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Mrs. Lieutenant: A Sharon Gold Novel - Price: $17.99
by Phyllis Zimbler Miller, ISBN: 978-1-4196-8629-0
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In the spring of 1970 – right after the Kent State National Guard shootings – four newly married young women come together at Ft. Knox, Kentucky, when their husbands go on active duty as officers in the U.S. Army.
Different as these four women are, they have one thing in common: Their overwhelming fear that, right after these nine weeks of training, their husbands could be shipped out to Vietnam – and they could become war widows.
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Biography :
Phyllis Zimbler Miller is a former Mrs. Lieutenant and lives with her husband in Los Angeles. She has an M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. in Journalism from Michigan State University.
The co-author of the Jewish holiday book “Seasons for Celebration,” she is writing a success guide for teens (www.flippingburgersandbeyond.com). She welcomes messages and visitors at www.mrslieutenant.com. She also blogs at www.flippingburgersandbeyond.blogspot.com and at www.mrslieutenant.blogspot.com.
The InsideScoopLive link for her audio interview:
http://insidescooplive.com/author-pages/Miller-Phyllis-reading-interview.html
Book Review :
Reviewed by Kam Aures for RebeccasReads (5/08)
"Mrs. Lieutenant: A Sharon Gold Novel" begins in May of 1970, right after the Kent State shootings by the National Guard. Four very different women and their husbands begin their journey down to Fort Knox, Kentucky where their husbands will be attending nine weeks of Army Officer's Basic Training.
The characters in this novel come from very different backgrounds and are the epitome of these differences in 1970, only six years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, so it was very intriguing to see how they would react in certain social situations with one another. I was curious whether or not they would be able to change their way of thinking and become more accepting of those who differed from themselves. I found it interesting when the author had them experience new things and form relationships outside of their comfort zone.
Another thing about the book I liked was that at the beginning of each chapter there was a quote from Mary Preston Gross' 1970's "Mrs. Lieutenant" which taught proper etiquette for an officer's wife. It was interesting to read some of the standard protocol for certain situations and events.
The author, Phyllis Zimbler Miller, writes from experience as she was a former "Mrs. Lieutenant" herself during the 1970s. Even though this book is fictional it is based in fact and I felt I learned a lot about military life and, overall, about the tension among people who were of different backgrounds during this era. I recommend "Mrs. Lieutenant" for any military family or for anyone who enjoys fiction written about the Vietnam War time period.
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