Imagining Iraq Stories

Imagine that your only son was away in a war zone, exposed day and night to mortar attacks, IEDs, and snipers. Jacqueline Montez, the narrator in "Imagining Iraq" is the mother of a Marine stationed in Iraq. Racked with fear, she spends her days imagining her son's life in Ramadi, at the heart of the Sunni triangle, the most dangerous area of Iraq. To ease her loneliness and anxiety, Jacqueline rents rooms to veterans, many of whom tell her stories.

The stories in this collection all based o...