Lita & Jean: Memoirs of Two Generations of Military Women

A shattering tell-all: the fight of this mother and daughter for themselves, each other, and
the world around them is a painful yet riveting account of family, service, and love.

Lita and her daughter bare their souls with unflinching candor in this memoir. Forcing their darkest moments and the secrets of family, military, and disability into the light, their resilience and resolve stand as stark inspiration.

Author: Lita Tomas, Jean Marie McNamara
Publisher: Master Wings Publishing
Published: 03/01/2022
Pages: 282
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781646630134

About the Author
Tomas, Lita: - An army tank mechanic turned global logistics manager, Major Lita Tomas in fact enlisted as an E1 with the U.S. Army in 1977, the first year women were integrated into regular units. With a master's degree in recreational therapy, five years in the Air Force, and a lifetime of fighting injustice taking on everyone from the Catholic church to Congress, she's who you want on your team. When not feeding her youngest daughter's chickens or cheering on her three grandchildren, you can find her working on her informational and patient advocacy podcast: PodcastDX! Lita lives in Downers Grove, Illinois, with young-onset Alzheimer's disease, two dogs, and her remaining undonated kidney.

McNamara, Jean Marie: - Like her mother, with a passion for helping others Jean Marie
McNamara began as an E1 in the U.S. Army where she worked as a medic, a
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, and Radiological officer, and as Deputy Director
of her local Emergency Services & Disaster Agency. After an injury, Jean
retired as a First Lieutenant and explored the challenges of recovery and
endurance, working to claim new pathways of service and meaning. As a co-host
for the award-winning PodcastDX, she loves researching diagnoses to feature.
Her wry sense of humor has been bolstered by bureaucracy, and her head and
spine by nuts, bolts, and two metal bars.