Author John Holland's Newly Released "The Ramblings of an Old Army Brat: Growing Up Years" is a Deeply Personal Memoir of a Military Childhood in the Postwar Era
"The Ramblings of an Old Army Brat: Growing Up Years" from Christian Faith Publishing author John Holland is an autobiographical reflection on his formative years, the family's many new homes that followed his father's ascension up the military ranks, and the challenges of starting over, socially and academically, with each upheaval.
MEADVILLE, Pa., Oct. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- "The Ramblings of an Old Army Brat: Growing Up Years": a nostalgic family history recalling an eventful childhood as the son of a high-ranking officer in the US Army. "The Ramblings of an Old Army Brat: Growing Up Years" is the creation of published author John Holland, the second son of an Army colonel who lived in six states and three foreign countries as a child.
John shares, "Take a trip along memory lane as I meander about stories of growing up as an army brat. Because the only world that existed for me was my family, the stories mostly center around us and the experiences I had with them. Living in six states and three countries before I was eighteen, to most of us, would be a great experience, and as an adult, I can truly say it was a 'great' experience, but as a child, I saw many drawbacks: losing friends, gaining new friends, losing enemies, gaining new enemies, leaving bad schools, and leaving good schools. These experiences would come together, later in my life, to give me a very rounded experience of human nature, but as a child, it sometimes bordered on trauma, but as the years went by, I learned to cope with the loss and profit from my experiences.
"As a child, I didn't see myself as a gifted child. In fact, just the opposite. I saw others around me excelling in sports, math, English, and the arts. I struggled in everything, from walking to school work and friendships. The fact that we moved every so many years meant that I had no long friendships. The failures and the small successes I had were left behind, only to stay in my mind and, as time went on, they were taken in, and I developed a sense that something was guiding me, and I began to take things in fact and didn't let it bother me.
"How I got to where I am today is in the stories I tell, and maybe you can glean something from my ramblings."
Published by Christian Faith Publishing, John Holland's new book is a candid and engaging memoir of a semi-nomadic childhood in a military family.
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