{"product_id":"midwatch-paperback-1","title":"Midwatch - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJillian Danback-McGhan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Danback-McGhan's exquisite and unforgettable stories reveal the ways that women are made to pay for serving in the military. Heartbreaking, funny, and wise, Danback-McGhan's debut will linger beyond the midwatch hours.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eIvelisse Rodriguez\u003c\/b\u003e, author of PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction finalist\u003ci\u003e Love War Stories\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Jillian Danback-McGhan arrives with a great blend of literary swagger and artistic vision. What a bold, brilliant debut.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMatt Gallagher, \u003c\/b\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eDaybreak\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEmpire City\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYoungblood\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beware the power of stories, behold the power of stories...\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidwatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e demands that we not look away, that we not stuff up our ears, that we believe the women who've sacrificed when they tell us what it cost.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eTravis Klempan\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHave Snakes, Need Birds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHills Hide Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWomen service members confront a world that treats their military service as spectacle in Jillian Danback-McGhan's debut short story collection, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidwatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003eCaught in the liminal spaces between past and present, trauma and recovery, reality and delusion, the women in \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidwatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e encounter gender performance, structural misogyny, and both social and personal violence. A boarding officer fights her destructive impulses while leading an ill-fated anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden; an alcoholic company officer adjudicates a case of sexual harassment and reciprocal assault; a former child actor turned Marine plans her return to showbusiness while recovering from an IED attack; and a young petty officer finds herself entangled in a murderous love triangle on her new ship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending military literature and feminist horror, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMidwatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e tells the overlooked stories of women service members, demanding that readers reconsider the roles of women in violent conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e \r\nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \r\nJillian Danback-McGhan is a writer, Navy veteran, and the author of Midwatch (Split\/Lip Press, 2024), her debut collection of short fiction.\r\nJillian’s work has appeared in Military Experience and the Arts, storySouth, Proud to Be: Writing from America’s Warriors (Missouri Humanities and Southeast Missouri State Press), The Wrath-Bearing Tree, Line of Advance, Minerva Rising, and the anthology Our Best War Stories (Middle West Press, 2020). She is the winner of the 2020 Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Writing Awards and her work has been supported by the Fine Arts Work Center, Community Building Art Works, and Missouri Humanities. Jillian holds degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy, George Mason University, and Georgetown University and was a literature instructor at the United States Naval Academy. She resides in Annapolis, Maryland with her family.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 134\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47189650768121,"sku":"9781952897351","price":24.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/6K9_gsM77Z9781952897351_831d367b-a387-488e-aa5c-638d53d92056.webp?v=1767881050","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/midwatch-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}