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Snake's Daughter: The Roads in and Out of War (Singular Lives; The Iowa Series in North Amiercan Autobiography)

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This is a terrific book, one that works into the memory from a series of photos and a set of fixed memories of a difficult man and a difficult childhood. it's so much more than a tale of dysfunction though. Its the elegant tale of a survivor, of a little girl and a nation.

This book is not getting the attention it deserves!

Having commanded the III Corps MIKE Force (A302) and Master sergeant Charles E. Hosking Jr. commanded my 3rd Company, Gail Hosking very vividly describes her father from the perspective of a service dependent. Her journey describing the grieving process from a teenager middle adult years is classic textbook. Relating to the stories of her father, I laughed and I cried. For those that have an interest in the close knit society of Special Forces during the Vietnam era it is a must read.

Without self-pity nor malice Gilberg writes of a challenging childhood with two dysfunctional parents. This is far more than a retelling of this family's painful history; it's a book that encourages any reader to look into the deeper reality of the events in their family's life enabling reconciliation and healing to result. Gilberg's honest sharing, laced with love and respect for her father, left this reader glad to have "met" this
man. I like him. And it's a book that will bring some understanding and peace regarding our involvement in Vietnam which I also found helpful.