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New review for PFC Liberty Stryker

September 10, 2012

Reviewed by Katie French PFC Liberty Stryker By Peggy Tibbetts Sisterhood Publications January 2012 364 pages PFC Liberty Stryker by Peggy Tibbetts grabs you right from the start and does not let go. The story opens with Libby Stryker in a military convoy in Iraq. The swearing, lingo-talking Libby fits in with her male counterparts […]

PFC Liberty Stryker is full of unexpected twists

April 14, 2012

Reviewed by Beverly Stowe McClure, author of Life on Hold. Visit Beverly’s blog. According to history, William Tecumseh Sherman stated “War is hell” during the American Civil War. Years have passed since then with many wars in our world. In the newspapers and on TV we hear about the men and women who fight and […]

PFC Liberty Stryker is fast-paced and arresting

March 12, 2012

Reviewed by Lisa Bracken author of You and What Army? How to Neutralize Conflict and Negotiate Justice. Visit Lisa Bracken’s website. After losing her beloved father to the terrorist attacks of 9-11, Libby Stryker joined the Army looking for swift revenge. But satisfaction became secondary to surviving her choice to enlist. Her disintegrating relationship with […]

PFC Liberty Stryker is shock and awe

March 4, 2012

Reviewed by Ophelia Julien, author of Saving Jake. Visit Ophelia’s website. Peggy Tibbetts’ PFC Liberty Stryker is an important story that is almost too grim to look at and too well written to look away. Set in the midst of war, Operation Iraqi Freedom, to be precise, the reader is invited into an intimate look […]

Review: Sand Queen

February 22, 2012

Sand Queen By Helen Benedict Soho Press August 2011 312 pages Helen Benedict’s fictional portrait of female soldiers during the Iraq war is based on her research for The Lonely Soldier: The Private War of Women Serving in Iraq, which focuses on the true stories of five female soldiers. This story, Sand Queen revolves around […]

New novel exposes victimization of female soldiers

February 16, 2012

SILT, CO – February 16, 2012 — As criticism from the right heats up over women in the military, PFC Liberty Stryker, a new novel by Peggy Tibbetts, tells the story of one female soldier’s struggle with sexual assault and victimization during the Iraq War. Last Thursday when the Pentagon announced it would be opening […]