Patricia Linder

Row, Row, Row Your Boat Patricia Linder

'Get down, Jim. He has a gun.' Alone and under siege in their quarters, the author could only watch the television screen, which showed her husband being assaulted by a mob of angry Chinese students at the Taipei airport. This is just one of the many gut-wrenching experiences that, along with the ridiculous sight of forty-seven live lobsters crawling around their garage floor, make this book one that will take you from laughter to tears as the life of a Navy wife unfolds. Besides being wife, raiser of children, maintainer of home, cars, lawns and appliances of all sizes, she must be able to move on a day's notice. And, as an entertainer, a friend, a communicator and world traveler, she must be able to do it alone. Without a sense of humor, she is, in Navy terms, dead in the water. Covering the Korean and Vietnam wars, the reader is given a bird's-eye account of the frustrations and excitement of a Navy pilot, as he catapults off aircraft carrier decks to fly strikes over the heavily defended targets of Korea and Vietnam. This is the story of two careers - his and hers.