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Iraq and Back

by Philip Woodhall

236 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); illustrated; catalogue #04-2351; ISBN 1-4120-4543-6; US$21.30, C$26.62, EUR17.30, £11.99

This is no war story; it's about a normal family man, who, like thousands of other part-time soldiers, just got mobilised. This is his moving story.

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Philip Woodhall writes with an eye for accurate detail and an uncompromising, 'tell it like it is' sense of humour that is evident both in his life and written work. Iraq and Back tells the true story of a man who gets duped into joining the army and years later finds himself in the heat and fear of the desert in the Gulf during the largest mobilisation of the Territorial Army since the Second World War. Realising that he needs to do the right thing, he marries his childhood sweetheart after a 17-year engagement, in the short three-week period between notification and mobilisation. If you are looking for an all action war story about the conflict in Iraq then this is not the book for you. It gives the real facts of the emotional roller coaster involved when leaving three young children and a wife, having never been away from home for more than two weeks before. Describing events as they happen through a series of emails sent home to hundreds of people, he writes straight from the heart telling what daily life is like out there for both a British Soldier and the Iraqi people. It concludes with having to readapt back into civilian life afterwards.

Be guaranteed, you will laugh and you will cry... but make sure you read this book.

To find out more go to www.iraqandback.co.uk

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About the Author

Philip Woodhall, 39, was one of three children born in the West Midlands, UK having started his career as an engineer and successfully making the transition from spanners to sales, leading him to his current status in life as a Sales Manager, husband, father, brother, son, and finally Corporal with the Royal Engineers as a part time soldier in the British Army. His hobbies are numerous, time allowing, such as hill walking, skateboarding, cycling and finally spending hours tidying the garage with his slippers on when he only went out to find a screwdriver. He now lives in rural bliss in Derbyshire with his long suffering wife and three boisterous children plus a menagerie of pets. This is his first book.

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