Kickoff for Band of Sisters

June 28, 2007—The kickoff for Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq—was amazing. More than 150 people showed up for the reading/signing at the Jacksonville Country Club in Jacksonville, North Carolina. First Sgt. Yolanda Mayo welcomed the guests and introduced a five-minute DVD that shows all the women featured in the book. Then the author read from Band of Sisters. Following the reading, several of the women in the book signed copies of Band of Sisters alongside the author.