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Raday, known among her friends as a “pot-smoking feminist,” goes on a blind date with Barrett, an Oakland police officer, West Point graduate, and major in the Army Reserve—a “redneck soldier turned cop.” Despite vast differences in their politics and philosophical attitudes toward minorities and the oppressed, Sophia is drawn to the contrast between Barrett’s life as a cop and the more vulnerable man she comes to know. They marry—in a free-spirited ceremony where “tattooed former marines dance among tattooed lesbians”—and have a baby boy, Niko, shortly before 9/11. Barrett’s concern for Niko’s safety leads to his request that Sophia stay on guard in “Condition Yellow.” When Barrett is called back to active military duty and deployed to Iraq, Sophia struggles in the role of military wife. Even as they adopt a daughter from Guatemala, Raday fears she and Barrett will increasingly “spin out into separate worlds.” Hers is a refreshing and penetrating look at how respect and willingness to compromise can span seemingly unbridgeable gaps in a marriage founded on differences more than commonalities. --Deborah Donovan
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“As we follow this story of love between a peace-seeking idealist and a police officer/Army Reserve soldier, we find ourselves longing not only for the success of their relationship but also for the repair of our nation. Raday gives us an insightful snapshot of our war with Iraq, a fascinating view of military and police life from the inside, and a page-turner of a love story all in one breath.”
—Sybil Lockhart, author of Mother in the Middle
—Sybil Lockhart, author of Mother in the Middle
“All marriages are a bit of a journey to the foreign country that is another’s mind and heart, but Sophia Raday’s remarkable Love in Condition Yellow takes us on a true adventure: into a marriage that is both riven and strengthened by political differences that run nearly as deep as those that divide our country. Raday shows us the empathetic imagination behind true respect for those with whom one differs, and in her clear-sighted portrait of the complexities of marriage, she shows us what love is, as well.”
—Julia Scheeres, author of Jesus Land
—Julia Scheeres, author of Jesus Land
“Compelling, lively, and insightful. Having married into a foreign culture—one that melds American law enforcement and the United States Army—Sophia Raday has written a witty, nuanced memoir that is both a love story and an anthropological expedition of discovery.”
—Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of An Army at Dawn
—Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of An Army at Dawn
“This deeply engaging memoir by ‘a military wife in Berkeley’ offers a critical lesson for our time. With a stubborn refusal to disregard those whose beliefs she so passionately struggles against, Sophia Raday demonstrates the value of incorporating difference in the creation of a durable bond. Love in Condition Yellow is so fresh and funny that you won’t expect it to make you want to cry too, but it will.”
—Alexandra Marshall, author of Gus in Bronze and The Court of Common Pleas
—Alexandra Marshall, author of Gus in Bronze and The Court of Common Pleas
“Incrementally, bravely, honestly, Raday takes the reader into a territory where love and war trump politics. With an open heart and mind, she offers a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look into what it’s really like to be a soldier’s wife during the Iraq War. As in the best memoirs, the reader is enlightened and enlarged by a true life that’s rendered faithfully and artfully for the page.”
—Karen Propp, coeditor of Why I’m Still Married
—Karen Propp, coeditor of Why I’m Still Married
“Captivating, insightful, effortless to read, I could not put this American love story down. Raday deftly weaves a poignant and highly entertaining tale of a marriage that heals various fractures in the American body politic. A meditation on love, fear, conviction, and letting go, this book will resonate with anyone who has struggled with differences in love or with family and friends.”
—Caroline Paul, author of Fighting Fire and East Wind, Rain
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—Caroline Paul, author of Fighting Fire and East Wind, Rain
"Besides a clear understanding of who she is and what she wants, Raday has a solid sense of humor, an ear for dialogue and an eye for telling detail."
—Kirkus Reviews
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