CAMOUFLAGE
Coming October 28, 2025
CAMOUFLAGE: How I Emerged from the Shadows of a Military Marriage is about a woman’s journey from being overshadowed by her husband’s military career to rediscovering her identity as a single mother entering a new stage in life.
The memoir explores how, like many military spouses, she camouflaged her identity, conforming to the expected role of the supportive wife who was secondary to her husband’s career as a Navy officer. But after she ended her thirteen-year marriage in her late thirties, she set out on a quest to figure out who she was as a woman without her husband, discovering that the hardships of military life—the forced independence, frequent loneliness, required adaptability, and fierce resilience—had trained her for life after divorce.
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Early Praise
Camouflage is a tender journey of real talk of life in the shadows as a military spouse and a quest to forge a self-identity in a culture of blending in. Stripped of the romanticism often ascribed to Navy wife life, Heather Sweeney’s journey to herself is one readers will find relatable and inspiring.
~ Tia Levings, author of the New York Times Bestseller A Well-Trained Wife and Navy mom
When Heather’s husband joined the military, she assumed her new life wouldn’t be easy but welcomed the challenge. What she didn’t expect was how easy it would be to lose herself in the all-consuming role of military spouse. Or that the demands of the military on her family would force her to confront cracks in her marriage that she’d long been ignoring.
This deeply personal memoir follows one woman’s journey through the hidden challenges of military life: the loneliness, the uncertainty, the slow unraveling of a marriage shaped by constant, daily sacrifice. With unwavering honesty, she writes about what it means to love someone in uniform—and the strength it takes to walk away.
~ Karie Fugett, author of Alive Day
A story about endings and beginnings and all that happens in between, Camouflage is a powerful reminder that everything in our lives – the good, the bad, and the ugly – was worth it, simply because it made us. Sweeney has drawn a bold portrait of self-discovery filled with warmth, wisdom and heart.
~ Simone Gorrindo, author of The Wives