I read this book as it was in the long list for Canada Reads 2018, and I absolutely loved it. Sandra described the difficulty she had in her training, and also showed how the harassment and abuse she suffered as the first woman in infantry training was brushed off not only by her superiors, but also by herself. On the other hand, she also showed great strength and persistence through all obstacles, and I couldn't help but feeling like I needed to cheer her on as she showed what women can do, time and time again.

As a military memoir, it doesn't "feel" like the others I've read, possibly because the men in those memoirs don't have to think so much about being accepted by their team, and also possibly because obstacles were put in front of Sandra at every turn to prevent her from working in the field. I think if you aren't sure about them, you'd probably still like this one.

This is an extremely important book to highlight the problem women face in the military (the last bastion of masculinity, as Perron puts it), but also, to a lesser extent, in many other fields and aspects of their lives.