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A historical story of Love, Humor and Unmitigated fear!
By: Sondra Garner
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As a child and teenager, Sondra and her mother traveled whenever possible to foreign countries, thus evoking Sondra’s curiosity about other lands. Her Mother’s ‘Travel Bible’ was the book, Europe on Five Dollars a Day.
Sondra Graduated High school, started college, was married to a Military Officer and had children at an early age.
Eight years after their marriage her husband was deployed to Turkey, where the nightmare began of his being taken hostage by the Turkish government and Sondra’s determination to save his life.
After returning from her ordeal in Turkey, Sondra remained dedicated to helping the military family while serving as a local and International elected officer for both Officer and Enlisted organizations. As Vice President and Legislation Committee Chair for AFSA Auxiliary, she fought vigorously to protect the medical benefits for her fellow military families, winning the AFSA Presidential award.
After her children were grown, Sondra called upon her early experience—having grown up in a family run business—and her Degree in International marketing to develop a large International Customer Satisfaction analysis company.
Her love of nature, mountains, water and beautiful blue skies, drove her to relocate to Lake Tahoe. This passionate curiosity about the world has led her in life to help bring out the “brave” in everyone she knows.
Sondra Garner, author of Line of Communications
Line of Communications
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This Book ~ is based on the true story of an Air Force Officer who was assigned to a tour of duty in Turkey in 1963. Moreover, it is the story of his young wife and their small children who joined him.
It tells of her heart-wrenching fight to save him from certain death at the hands of the Turkish Government. The desperation she felt and the unfaltering courage she showed while ensnared in a tug of war between two countries—two different worlds—is unimaginable! You will feel the fear of two parents when their son was kidnapped!
Turkey was at war politically with Cyprus at the time of her husband’s deployment. The Turkish Government was resolute in their commitment to force the United States to support the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
As a means to gain leverage against the United States, the Turkish Government arrested three American military men on trumped-up charges and held them as political prisoners. The Turkish Government, determined to prove they were in control, would escalate the charges according to the amount of pressure the Turkish authorities wished to assert against the United States.
Back home in the United States, there was no mention in the news media about the military men held in prison. It is clear the United States Government was committed to keeping the matter quiet at all costs. This is a poignant story of ardent love, humor, intrigue and unmitigated fear!
The book size:
· Paperback: 244 pages
· Publisher: Line of Communications (December 3, 2018)
· Language: English
· AMAZON ISBN-10: 1731155832 | ISBN-13: 978-1731155832
· B&N/OTHERS: ISBN-10: 0578412887 | ISBN-13: 978-0578412887
· Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches (approximately 1 1/2 inches)
· Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
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