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Unbecoming : a memoir

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First Atria Books hardcover edition.

"A raw, unflinching, and inspirational memoir by a former United States Marine Captain describing her journey from dutiful daughter of immigrants to wide-eyed recruit to radical activist dedicated to effecting historic policy reform in the military. Aftera lifetime of buckling to the demands of her strict Indian parents, Anuradha Bhagwati abandons her grad school career at Harvard University to join the Marines. It's the fiercest, most violent, most masculine branch of the military: the perfect place forher to prove that she's the ultimate Cool Girl, someone who can brawl with the boys in every sense of the word. Or at least that's what she thinks. From the moment training begins, Anuradha's G.I. Jane fantasy is punctured. As a bisexual woman of color in the military, she faces adversity and underestimation at every stage, confronting misogyny, racism, abuse, and astonishing injustice perpetrated by those in power. Pushing herself beyond her limits to prove her ability, she is forced to wrestle with what exactly drove her to pursue such punishment and violence in the first place. Once her service concludes in 2004, instead of retreating and putting it all behind her, she decides to do the exact opposite: take to task the leaders and outmoded conventionsthat she found so objectionable and even dangerous. Full of strength, courage, and heroic resilience, Unbecoming is about one woman who learned to believe in herself in spite of everything; it is the kind of story that will light a fire beneath you, andthat will inspire our next generation of fierce female heroes to always persist"--

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  • 9 of 9 copies available at Westchester Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Greenburgh. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Greenburgh Public Library. (Show)

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Greenburgh Public Library B BHAGWATI (Text)
Biography
31009154633329
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Bedford Hills Free Library B BHAGWATI (Text)
Biography
31003151515480
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John C. Hart Memorial Library B BHAGWATI (Text)
Biography
31030154932487
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Katonah Village Library B BHAGWATI (Text)
Biography
31013151820004
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Mamaroneck Public Library District B BHAGWATI (Text)
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31015152167137
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Mount Vernon Public Library 359.9 B (Text)
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31018155265346
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North Castle Public Library B BHAGWATI (Text)
Biography
31001152019007
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Town of Pelham Public Library B BHAGWATI (Text)
Biography
31023151246969
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White Plains Public Library BIOGRAPHY BHAGWATI, ANURADHA (Text)
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31544209894047
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