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'The Smoke of You' explores a marriage before & after deployment

This interview originally aired on In the Moment on SDPB Radio.

Amber Jensen is a lecturer at South Dakota State University and just published her first book.

"The Smoke of You: A Memoir of Love During & After Deployment" explores themes of love, service and coming home to South Dakota when everything has changed and also stayed the same.

Learn more about "The Smoke of You."

Lori Walsh is a special correspondent with SDPB and host of the "In the Moment" podcast.
Ellen Koester served as a producer of "In the Moment," SDPB's daily news and culture broadcast.

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