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Sep 22, 2017darladoodles rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Having been born just at the beginning of the war, my memories of it are shadows of TV news stories, all Black & White, whispers of adults and talk of the Viet Kong. It is only in recent years that I have become aware of balanced viewpoints on the Vietnam conflict and see a widespread effort to understand and dialogue. This book was fascinating in that in blending fact and fiction, O'Brien show us the true nature of war stories and gives us an inside look at what it was like to be there in 'Nam. It makes me sad to see how that war affected an entire generation. Hopefully books like this and projects like The Big Read that is happening right now will continue to bring healing and closure for those who served our country as well as those who followed their consciences and fled to Canada. "And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It's about sunlight. It's about the way that dawn spreads out on a river when you know you must cross the river and march into the mountains and do things you are afraid to do. It's about love and memory. It's about sorrow. It's about sisters who never write back and people who never listen."