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The Wives: A Memoir

By Simone Gorrindo
Narrated by: Simone Gorrindo
Unabridged — 11 hours, 42 minutes
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By Simone Gorrindo
Narrated by: Simone Gorrindo
Unabridged — 11 hours, 42 minutes
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The most behind-the-curtain look at army wives you'll ever read, this is narrative nonfiction about the strength of community, love and friendship. With poignant and honest answers that are both exacting and universal, this is as much about the specifics of being an army wife as it is about the nature of humanity as a whole.

“[Simone] Gorrindo's prose is inviting and fluid, and her storytelling is intimate and vivid...[an] engaging, evocative memoir.” -The New York Times Book Review

“A hopeful, unifying memoir.” -People

This profoundly intimate memoir about marriage, friendship, and the power of human connection tells the story of one woman's experience of joining a community of army wives after leaving her New York City job.

When her new husband joins an elite Army unit, Simone Gorrindo is uprooted from New Yor...