R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 8/19/2023 + 1438 more book reviews

Dropping out of college, Helen Adams travels to Vietnam where she hopes also to tell the story of the conflict. Plus, she wants to learn about more about her brother's death. Accompanying soldiers on their missions, she learns that death stalks both soldiers and press members. She makes friends only to lose them again and again.

Darrow. a famous war photographer, becomes her mentor and, eventually, her lover but it is Linh, a local Vietnamese who helps her most. Haunted by his past, he first resents being assigned to help her but with time he falls in love with this impetuous young woman.

A good good read, the author does not spare details as she writes about war with all its horrors and conflicts. The people make the story come alive as they strive to survive. Many do but some don't.

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