Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces [Paperback]

2016 Santa Fe literary awards - finalist
2016 Next Generation Indie Book awards - finalist
2016 USA Best Book Awards - finalist in the memoir category
2016 Author Awards, 2nd place in the memoir category
A SheKnows.com and Mind Body and Green Must-Read! Featured in Buzzfeed, Working Mother Magazine, The Reading Room, Brit and Co., Writer's Digest, Style, Huffington Post, Jewish Book Council, and Jewish Values Center.
At age nineteen, Dorit Sasson, a dual American-Israeli citizen, was trying to make the status quo work as a college student—until she realized that if she didn’t distance herself from her neurotic, worrywart of a mother, she would become just like her.Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forcesis Sasson’s story of how she dropped out of college and volunteered for the Israel Defense Forces in an effort to change her life—and how, in stepping out of her comfort zone and into a war zone, she discovered courage and faith she didn’t know she was capable of.Dorit Sasson writes for a wide range of print and online publications, includingThe Huffington Post, andThe Writer, and speaks at conferences, libraries, and community centers. She is the author of a featured chapter inPebbles in the Pond: Transforming the World One Person at a Time, the latest installment of that best-selling series, and the host of the global radio showGiving Voice to Your Story. She lives in Pittsburgh, PA with her husband and two children. Visit her at www.DoritSasson.com“A young woman finds her voice and her inner strength by challenging herself to step outside her comfort zone and volunteer for the Israel Defense Forces. With raw honesty and vivid prose, Sasson brought me so close to the experience I could taste the ethnic food, see the beautiful landscape, and feel both the pain of her struggles and the triumph of her growth and transformation.&l“ž