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When diagnosed with Stage IV kidney cancer, LTC (Ret) Michael Lee
Lanning faced a new and fearsome enemy that the doctors said would
kill him in 6-18 months. Instead of accepting this as his fate,
Lanning, with the help of his wife Linda, pursued strategies--both
conventional and alternative--to battle his disease and fight for
his life. This book tracks the Lannings' war with cancer from
diagnosis to survival, from exploring traditional treatments at M.
D. Anderson Cancer Center to transitioning to a raw vegan lifestyle
learned at Hippocrates Health Institute, from enduring the depths
of despair to embracing the heights of hope. Their experiences and
insights shared here is the information they sought for themselves
when Lanning was first diagnosed.
In April 1969, Linda Moore-Lanning watched her husband, Lt. Michael
Lee Lanning, board a Greyhound bus that would take him to a
military flight scheduled to deposit him in Vietnam. As he boarded
the bus, Lee told her, "It's only for a year." Moore-Lanning
struggled to believe her husband's words.
"Waiting: One Wife's Year of the Vietnam War" is the deeply
personal account of Moore-Lanning's year as a waiting wife. The
first-ever book from the perspective of a wife on the home front
during the Vietnam War, Moore-Lanning's telling is both unflinching
in its honesty and universal in its evocation of the price exacted
from those who were left behind. During her "waiting year,"
Moore-Lanning traveled far, in both distance and perspective, from
the small West Texas town of Roby where she had grown up and met
her husband.
Through her eyes, we experience the agony of waiting for the next
letter from Lee; the exhilaration of learning of her pregnancy; the
frustration of dealing with friends and family members who didn't
understand her struggles; and the solace of companionship with
Susan Hargrove, another waiting wife.
Because of her insistence that Lee give her an honest account of
his experiences, Moore-Lanning also affords readers a gut-wrenching
view of Vietnam as narrated by an infantry commander in the field.
Unfolding with the gripping narrative of a novel, "Waiting "will
captivate general readers, while those interested in military
history and home front perspectives--especially from the Vietnam
War--will deeply appreciate this impressive addition to the
literature.
In April 1969, Linda Moore-Lanning watched her husband, Lt. Michael
Lee Lanning, board a Greyhound bus that would take him to a
military flight scheduled to deposit him in Vietnam. As he boarded
the bus, Lee told her, "It's only for a year." Moore-Lanning
struggled to believe her husband's words.
"Waiting: One Wife's Year of the Vietnam War" is the deeply
personal account of Moore-Lanning's year as a waiting wife. The
first-ever book from the perspective of a wife on the home front
during the Vietnam War, Moore-Lanning's telling is both unflinching
in its honesty and universal in its evocation of the price exacted
from those who were left behind. During her "waiting year,"
Moore-Lanning traveled far, in both distance and perspective, from
the small West Texas town of Roby where she had grown up and met
her husband.
Through her eyes, we experience the agony of waiting for the next
letter from Lee; the exhilaration of learning of her pregnancy; the
frustration of dealing with friends and family members who didn't
understand her struggles; and the solace of companionship with
Susan Hargrove, another waiting wife.
Because of her insistence that Lee give her an honest account of
his experiences, Moore-Lanning also affords readers a gut-wrenching
view of Vietnam as narrated by an infantry commander in the field.
Unfolding with the gripping narrative of a novel, "Waiting "will
captivate general readers, while those interested in military
history and home front perspectives--especially from the Vietnam
War--will deeply appreciate this impressive addition to the
literature.
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