{"product_id":"9781452034287","title":"SERVING IN SILENCE","description":"\u003cp\u003eVIETNAM VETERAN.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRECIPIENT OF THE BRONZE STAR.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMOTHER OF FOUR.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVA. NURSE OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDISCHARGED.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1989, during a routine interview for top-secret security clearance, U.S Army Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer revealed that she was a lesbian—and began an ordeal that continues to this day.  Despite her distinguished twenty-six-year military career, she was discharged from the U.S. Army.  Her dismissal has garnered intense media coverage and stirred debate all the way to the presidency.  In this revealing autobiography Cammermeyer writes of her decision to challenge the official policy on homosexuals in the military and of her recent victory in Federal District Court.  But much more than a book laws and politics, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eServing in Silence\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is about coming of age, being a mother, and finding one’s center; about “coming out,” the daily horrors of nursing in Vietnam, and a female soldier’s brave life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE TELEVISION MOVIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47174990725360,"sku":"9781452034287","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781452034287_p0.jpg?v=1763848928","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781452034287","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}