Dispatches from the Cowgirl: Through the Looking Glass with a Navy Diplomat's Wife

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Julie Tully

Dispatches from the Cowgirl

Through the Looking Glass with a Navy Diplomat's Wife

Julie Tully

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W. Brand Publishing
13 September 2022

Biography: historical, political & military; Warfare & defence; Military life & institutions; Family & relationships; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

"Would you move to Africa?

For Julie Tully, a cowgirl who married a United States naval officer, the answer was a no-brainer: Yes!

Leaving her career and everything she knew behind to follow her husband, Julie was rapidly approaching forty and wondering, ""What is my place in the world?"" Enter Africa, the continent she had dreamed of since childhood, a chance to reinvigorate her life. A supposed two-year assignment for her family in Sub-Saharan Africa soon turns into an eight-year adventure in Cameroon, Nigeria, and Djibouti and sees Julie become an unofficial diplomat as wife to a military attaché. In a world where diplomacy is key, Julie becomes the person she was meant to be.

Julie's memoir is a real-life Alice in Wonderland tale. A cowgirl falls into Africa like Alice fell into Wonderland, taking you on a voyage of discovery and into the little-known world of an American military spouse serving amongst the world's diplomatic corps. One moment, you'll laugh out loud as Julie takes her first step onto the African continent and begins setting up their home in Cameroon. The next, you'll gasp in shock as a terrorist bomb shakes their house in Nigeria.

Part travelogue, and part midlife coming-of-age story, Dispatches from the Cowgirl takes you to the Africa that Julie experienced. Complete with all its beauty and flaws, it's the Africa that continues to capture the attention of the world's military powers and the Africa she struggled to say goodbye to."

By: Julie Tully
Imprint: W. Brand Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9781956906264
ISBN 10: 1956906266
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 13 September 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cowgirl-turned-nomadic navy spouse, Julie Tully writes about life, culture, and the places where they intersect. Julie's writing has appeared in Legacy Magazine, InDependent, and Your Teen for Parents. Her quirky lifestyle has taken her around the world, from rural Northern California to Europe and Africa. Now, after spending the past eighteen years overseas, Julie and her family prepare for an even greater adventure-returning to the United States.

Reviews for Dispatches from the Cowgirl: Through the Looking Glass with a Navy Diplomat's Wife

Dispatches from the Cowgirl is a well-written personal memoir of an American family's experience in Africa. Told in short anecdotal chapters it highlights the truism that home is where the heart is and...there is enough incident and personal detailing to provide a valuable insight into the life of a military family abroad. -IndieReader Tully's memoir captures her extraordinary experience of living in Africa as the spouse of a naval diplomat in vivid detail. She's charming, as is the book...this is a fascinating account of one woman's journey around the earth. -BookLife/Publisher's Weekly