I volunteered to go to Vietnam, but as a conscientious objector to war. . . . While most of these events took place in the midst of the war, this is not exactly a story about the war, but a story of rescue. Most of the children I helped save-scalped, burned, blasted, or shot when I found them-are now adults, parents or even grandparents themselves. . . . And while many of my funny, wise, reckless, young American friends of those days are dead, what they did and what they learned is not. It is as if all of us were being watched, all of us journeying under a brilliant blue sky that is the face of heaven.-from the preface
Reviews

Remarkable . . . exceptionally well written and moving . . . Few other writers have evoked the physical world of South Vietnam as well as Balaban does in this book.

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Unforgettably lyrical.

Book Information
ISBN 9780820324159
Author John Balaban
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint University of Georgia Press
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Weight(grams) 24g