Dispatches from the Cowgirl: Through the Looking Glass with a Navy Diplomat's Wi

Description: Dispatches from the Cowgirl by Julie Tully Part travelogue, part midlife coming-of-age story, Dispatches of the Cowgirl takes you to the Africa Julie Tully fell in love with and found hard to leave. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Would you move to Africa? For Julie Tully, a cowgirl who married a United States naval officer, the answer was a no-brainer: Yes! Leaving her career and everything she knew behind to follow her husband, Julie was rapidly approaching forty and wondering, "What is my place in the world?" Enter Africa, the continent she had dreamed of since childhood, a chance to reinvigorate her life. A supposed two-year assignment for her family in Sub-Saharan Africa soon turns into an eight-year adventure in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Djibouti and sees Julie become an unofficial diplomat as wife to a military attaché. In a world where diplomacy is key, Julie becomes the person she was meant to be.Julies memoir is a real-life Alice in Wonderland tale. A cowgirl falls into Africa like Alice fell into Wonderland, taking you on a voyage of discovery and into the little-known world of an American military spouse serving amongst the worlds diplomatic corps. One moment, youll laugh out loud as Julie takes her first step onto the African continent and begins setting up their home in Cameroon. The next, youll gasp in shock as a terrorist bomb shakes their house in Nigeria.Part travelogue, and part midlife coming-of-age story, Dispatches from the Cowgirl takes you to the Africa that Julie experienced. Complete with all its beauty and flaws, its the Africa that continues to capture the attention of the worlds military powers and the Africa she struggled to say goodbye to. Author Biography Cowgirl-turned-nomadic navy spouse, Julie Tully writes about life, culture, and the places where they intersect. Julies writing has appeared in Legacy Magazine, InDependent, and Your Teen for Parents. Her quirky lifestyle has taken her around the world, from rural Northern California to Europe and Africa. Now, after spending the past eighteen years overseas, Julie and her family prepare for an even greater adventure-returning to the United States. Review Dispatches from the Cowgirl is a well-written personal memoir of an American familys experience in Africa. Told in short anecdotal chapters it highlights the truism that home is where the heart is and...there is enough incident and personal detailing to provide a valuable insight into the life of a military family abroad. -IndieReaderTullys memoir captures her extraordinary experience of living in Africa as the spouse of a naval diplomat in vivid detail. Shes charming, as is the book...this is a fascinating account of one womans journey around the earth. -BookLife/Publishers Weekly Details ISBN1956906266 Author Julie Tully Short Title Dispatches from the Cowgirl Publisher W. Brand Publishing Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1956906266 ISBN-13 9781956906264 Format Paperback Publication Date 2022-09-13 Subtitle Through the Looking Glass with a Navy Diplomats Wife Pages 336 Imprint W. Brand Publishing UK Release Date 2022-09-13 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136409611;

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