Understanding the trials and difficulties of being a military wife is a difficult thing to do; however, Donna Moreau brings readers a sense of sympathy that helps them understand the emotions that women and families experience while their husbands/fathers are at war in a completely different country. In the series of autobiographies produced by the “Waiting Wives” (Moreau, 2), their stories are shared with us, to show their desperate hopes that their loved ones will return home safely. Since Moreau is a soldier's daughter, her diction and the emotions she felt for herself are expressed in the other stories so that the reader can pick up on her experiences through the others. She tells her story through the testimonies of other women. Through the stories of five women's lives throughout the Vietnam War, Moreau helps the reader understand how she feels by interpreting the voices of other family members. (Moreau, 35 years old) She uses words and phrases to express how much they need their father and how life at home is not the same without them. We can imagine the emptiness and loneliness they feel inside. Also writing autobiographies in the first person point of view, allows the reader to know every feeling, every movement and expresses the empty hole in one's stomach of having to take care of an entire family alone (Hales). What Moreau was trying to capture with this concept was to make the reader feel and almost experience what it would be like if they were in the position of one of the wives. Even if only a few may have experienced this feeling, we should all understand what it means to be in a situation like this and have our sympathy for them. The letters were written very few times, but when the time came to be able to write, middle of paper......this book expresses her ever-changing life and the difficulties she experienced for the women of this time. Donna Moreau's literary talent would never have been so strong if she had not gone through the situations and problems that all other women went through to be able to fully understand their misfortunes. Her understanding of the lifestyle and concerns of a person in this situation allowed her to share her past and set an example for other women (Loman). The settings are artfully represented by images that evoke real emotions in the reader who has gazed at the landscape in search of answers to life's obstacles (Fenner). "Waiting Wives" will give any reader an interesting taste of life in constant motion, the tedious but continuous cycle of trials that a military family goes through and will give people the perseverance necessary to never give up and continue to hope for the best..