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.
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..
Part travelogue, and part midlife coming-of-age story, Dispatches from the Cowgirl takes you to the Africa that Julie experienced.
The next, you\'ll gasp in shock as a terrorist bomb shakes their house in Nigeria.
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.
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.
Julie\'s memoir is a real-life Alice in Wonderland tale.
In a world where diplomacy is key, Julie becomes the person she was meant to be.
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.
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
