Civilian Terrain is Different

After twenty-two years in the Army, retired Master Sergeant Logan Frank is ready for civilian life.He has a wife he loves, two kids he actually gets to see every day, a deliberately low-stress job at the local hardware store, and absolutely no desire to be in charge of anything ever again.There is just one problem.Civilian terrain is different."e;Around three"e; is apparently a time."e;Whenever"e; is somehow an acceptable departure plan."e;We should get together sometime"e; may not result in anyone actually getting together.And people routinely identify problems without any apparent expectation that someone will fix them.Logan isn't trying to turn civilians into Soldiers. He isn't trying to recreate the Army. And he certainly doesn't miss being responsible for everyone else's problems.He would simply like to understand the operating environment.Over the course of his first full year of retirement, Logan encounters neighborhood politics, school drop-offs, retail employment, holiday planning, family travel, warehouse shopping, social invitations, delivery windows, and the unsettling discovery that sometimes the correct response to a crooked lawn chair is to leave it crooked.Fortunately, Logan has Rachel-his wife of fifteen years, experienced Army spouse, undisputed commander of the Frank household, and perhaps the only person fully qualified to translate between Logan and the rest of civilization.Civilian Terrain Is Different: Navigating "e;Around Three"e; and Other Civilian Mysteries is a warm, understated comedy about a retired Master Sergeant discovering that civilian life isn't wrong.It just has very different standard operating procedures.