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Formation : a woman's memoir of stepping out of line

Dostie, Ryan Leigh (author.).

Summary: "Raised by strong women in a restrictive, sheltered Christian cult in New England, Ryan Dostie never imagined herself on the front lines of a war halfway across the globe. But then a conversation with an Army recruiter in her high-school cafeteria changes the course of her life. Hired as a linguist, she quickly has to find a space for herself in the testosterone-filled world of the Army barracks. She's able to hold her own until the unthinkable happens and she is raped by a fellow soldier. Struggling with trauma and a command hierarchy that doesn't trust her story, Dostie finds herself fighting through her isolation amid the challenges of an unexpected war. What follows is a sweepingly beautiful, riveting, and inspiring story of one woman's extraordinary journey to prove her worth, physically and mentally, in a world in which the odds are stacked against her."--Dust jacket.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1538731533
  • ISBN: 9781538731536
  • Physical Description: viii, 358 pages ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2019.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note: Violation, How it happened -- What they want -- Exodus -- Quarters -- Classical conditioning -- Spoliation of evidence -- Shock and awe -- The last push before the end -- Conception, In the beginning -- Event horizon -- Suck it the fuck up, Buttercup -- Cry "havoc" -- Redacted -- Welcome -- JRTC -- Consumption -- Invasion, Entrenching -- Indiscriminate -- Filicide -- Respite -- The way we're trained -- Uninspired -- Ace of hearts and clubs -- What isn't mine -- Rage against the machine -- Monster in a box -- The way we break -- Reconstruction -- Getting out of Baghdad -- The ghosts of Al Kut -- Two miles out -- Desecration. Homecoming -- Your ending, my beginning -- Fight me, bitch -- The warworn's battle cry -- Just say the word -- Interim -- Tubthumping -- Belletristic -- The thing in my vagina -- Interim II -- The bat -- Dirty little whore -- The breaking point -- Interim III -- Closing.
Subject: Dostie, Ryan Leigh
Women soldiers Crimes against United States
Sexual harassment in the military United States
Women soldiers United States Biography
Rape victims United States Biography
Women linguists United States Biography
Genre: Autobiographies.

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Cape Girardeau Public Library DOS (Text) 33042004617083 Adult Biography Available -

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5050 . ‡aViolation, How it happened -- What they want -- Exodus -- Quarters -- Classical conditioning -- Spoliation of evidence -- Shock and awe -- The last push before the end -- Conception, In the beginning -- Event horizon -- Suck it the fuck up, Buttercup -- Cry "havoc" -- Redacted -- Welcome -- JRTC -- Consumption -- Invasion, Entrenching -- Indiscriminate -- Filicide -- Respite -- The way we're trained -- Uninspired -- Ace of hearts and clubs -- What isn't mine -- Rage against the machine -- Monster in a box -- The way we break -- Reconstruction -- Getting out of Baghdad -- The ghosts of Al Kut -- Two miles out -- Desecration. Homecoming -- Your ending, my beginning -- Fight me, bitch -- The warworn's battle cry -- Just say the word -- Interim -- Tubthumping -- Belletristic -- The thing in my vagina -- Interim II -- The bat -- Dirty little whore -- The breaking point -- Interim III -- Closing.
520 . ‡aThe author describes her time as a soldier in the United States Army where she was raped by a fellow soldier and had to cope with PTSD, isolation, and commanders who did not believe her story.
520 . ‡a"Raised by strong women in a restrictive, sheltered Christian cult in New England, Ryan Dostie never imagined herself on the front lines of a war halfway across the globe. But then a conversation with an Army recruiter in her high-school cafeteria changes the course of her life. Hired as a linguist, she quickly has to find a space for herself in the testosterone-filled world of the Army barracks. She's able to hold her own until the unthinkable happens and she is raped by a fellow soldier. Struggling with trauma and a command hierarchy that doesn't trust her story, Dostie finds herself fighting through her isolation amid the challenges of an unexpected war. What follows is a sweepingly beautiful, riveting, and inspiring story of one woman's extraordinary journey to prove her worth, physically and mentally, in a world in which the odds are stacked against her."--Dust jacket.
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