Safekeeping

by Jonellen Heckler, Jonellen Neckler

Judy Greer, wife of a POW in Vietnam attempting to keep her marriage alive and reestablish a relationship with her alienated teenage son, finds love with another man

Genres: Fiction

294 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1983

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this story about a POW who returns after six years to a wife who has fallen for the Major who befriended her son.

[Eileen Granfors · Rating 4 out of 5]

Judy's husband is a POW. She has been on her own on a military base with her adolescent son for 6 years while her husband is said to be held in a camp in Hanoi. No letters come from him, but the government has assured her he is alive.

She is an anti-war activist, hating the Vietnam War, the Army, the government. She does have two good and supportive friends. Her son is struggling with growing up and with his anger/fear.

Into her life walks a new football coach for her son.

Her live-in mother-in-law has health issues.

Judy and her son don't know what to do with the life they have been given or the new guy in town.

Short book with deep emotions.

[Aaron Polish · Rating 4 out of 5]

well, its a great start, but two minor things that I can't stand, first, how is the and and so confusing in a sentence and second, when Kevin was in the classroom dreaming, how did he ended up hitchhiking for cars in the street, seems that the author was drifting herself to sleep in the middle of the story, but the ending was perfect. All in all, 4 stars is what I have to say.

[Funky_Monkey · Rating 1 out of 5]

Already shaping up to be the worst book in the box of random books from a co-worker! Yeah!

Didn't get any better. Not good at all.

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story of a woman's whose life is rocked when her MIA/POW husband returns after 6 years.

[Mary Karpel-Jergic · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read novel that considers absence, loss, guilt and love. A page turner, the author keeps you interested in how it will all unravel. Some interesting twists along the way.