They had their whole lives to look forward to if only their husbands could survive Vietnam. In the spring of 1970 - right after the Kent State National Guard shootings and President Nixon's two-month incursion into Cambodia - 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. Sharon is a Northern Jewish anti-war protester who fell in love with an ROTC cadet; Kim is a Southern Baptist whose husband is intensely jealous; Donna is a Puerto Rican who grew up in an enlisted man's family; and Wendy is a Southern black whose parents have sheltered her from the brutal reality of racism in America. Read MRS. LIEUTENANT to discover what happens as these women overcome their prejudices, reveal their darkest secrets, and
Phyllis Zimbler Miller (@ZimblerMiller on Twitter) has an M.B.A. from The Wharton School and is the co-founder of the marketing consulting company MillerMosaicLLC.com, which works with companies and individuals to use social media to effectively attract more clients and customers. The company also builds WordPress websites for clients.
Phyllis writes posts for the company blog at www.MillerMosaicSocialMediaMarketing.com as well as book marketing and social media guest posts throughout the Internet.
She is also interested in using fiction to teach history -- and there is information on this initiative in connection with her 2008 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award semifinalist novel MRS. LIEUTENANT at www.MrsLieutenant.com
Phyllis and her husband Mitch wrote the novel LT. COMMANDER MOLLIE SANDERS -- see www.MollieSanders.com -- based in part on their 2005 Nicholls Fellowship competition quarterfinalist screenplay "Lt. Commander Mollie Sanders."
Her company's Facebook pages are www.facebook.com/powermarketing, www.facebook.com/bookmarketing and www.facebook.com/millermosaicsocialmedia

