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For All Their Lives
A tale of love amid war, of love against all odds, as a beautiful half-French, half-American nurse and the idealistic officer she loves struggle to survive in the chaos of Vietnam . . .
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Fern Michaels
424 books6,520 followersFern Michaels isn’t a person. I’m not sure she’s an entity either since an entity is something with separate existence. Fern Michaels® is what I DO. Me, Mary Ruth Kuczkir. Growing up in Hastings, Pennsylvania, I was called Ruth. I became Mary when I entered the business world where first names were the order of the day. To this day, family and friends call me Dink, a name my father gave me when I was born because according to him I was ‘a dinky little thing’ weighing in at four and a half pounds. However, I answer to Fern since people are more comfortable with a name they can pronounce.
As they say, the past is prologue. I grew up, got a job, got married, had five kids. When my youngest went off to Kindergarten, my husband told me to get off my ass and get a job. Those were his exact words. I didn’t know how to do anything except be a wife and mother. I was also a voracious reader having cut my teeth on The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Cherry Ames and the like. The library was a magical place for me. It still is to this day. Rather than face the outside world with no skills, I decided to write a book. For some reason that didn’t intimidate me. As my husband said at the time, stupid is as stupid does. Guess what, I don’t have that husband any more. Guess what else! I wrote 99 books, most of them New York Times Best Sellers.
Moving right along here . . . Several years ago I left Ballantine Books, parted company with my agent, sold my house in New Jersey that I had lived in all my married life and in 1993 moved to South Carolina. I figured if I was going to go through trauma let it be all at one time. It was a breeze. The kids were all on their own at that point. The dump was a 300 year old plantation house that is listed in the National Registry that I remodeled. Today it is beyond belief as are the gardens and the equally old Angel Oaks that drip Spanish moss. Unfortunately, I could not get my ghost to relocate. This ghost has been documented by previous owners. Mary Margaret as we call her, is “a friendly”. She is also mischievous. It took me two weeks to figure out that she didn’t like my coffee cups. They would slide off the table or counter or else they’d break in the dishwasher. I bought red checkered ones. All are intact as of this writing. She moves pillows from one room to the other and she stops all the clocks in the house at 9:10 in the a.m. at least once a week. When the Azaleas are in bloom, and only then, I find blooms on my night stand. I have this glorious front porch and during the warm months I see my swing moving early in the morning when the air is still and again late in the day. She doesn’t spook the dogs. I always know when she’s around because the five of them line up and look like they’re at a tennis match. As of this writing we’re co-habiting nicely.
Most writers love what they do and I’m no exception. I love it when I get a germ of an idea and get it down on paper. I love breathing life into my characters. I love writing about women who persevere and prevail because that’s what I had to do to get to this point in time. It’s another way of saying it doesn’t matter where you’ve been, what matters is where you’re going and how you get there. The day I finally prevailed was the day I was inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame. For me it was an awesome day and there are no words to describe it.
I’ve been telling stories and scribbling for 37 years. I hope I can continue for another 37 years. It wasn’t easy during some of those years. As I said, I had to persevere. My old Polish grandmother said something to me when I was little that I never forgot. She said when God is good to you, you have to give back. For a while I didn’t know how to do that. When I finally figured it out I set up The Fern Michaels® Foundation.
READ FERN MICHAELS' FULL BIOGRAPHY HERE: http://www.fernmichaels.com/biography/
As they say, the past is prologue. I grew up, got a job, got married, had five kids. When my youngest went off to Kindergarten, my husband told me to get off my ass and get a job. Those were his exact words. I didn’t know how to do anything except be a wife and mother. I was also a voracious reader having cut my teeth on The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Cherry Ames and the like. The library was a magical place for me. It still is to this day. Rather than face the outside world with no skills, I decided to write a book. For some reason that didn’t intimidate me. As my husband said at the time, stupid is as stupid does. Guess what, I don’t have that husband any more. Guess what else! I wrote 99 books, most of them New York Times Best Sellers.
Moving right along here . . . Several years ago I left Ballantine Books, parted company with my agent, sold my house in New Jersey that I had lived in all my married life and in 1993 moved to South Carolina. I figured if I was going to go through trauma let it be all at one time. It was a breeze. The kids were all on their own at that point. The dump was a 300 year old plantation house that is listed in the National Registry that I remodeled. Today it is beyond belief as are the gardens and the equally old Angel Oaks that drip Spanish moss. Unfortunately, I could not get my ghost to relocate. This ghost has been documented by previous owners. Mary Margaret as we call her, is “a friendly”. She is also mischievous. It took me two weeks to figure out that she didn’t like my coffee cups. They would slide off the table or counter or else they’d break in the dishwasher. I bought red checkered ones. All are intact as of this writing. She moves pillows from one room to the other and she stops all the clocks in the house at 9:10 in the a.m. at least once a week. When the Azaleas are in bloom, and only then, I find blooms on my night stand. I have this glorious front porch and during the warm months I see my swing moving early in the morning when the air is still and again late in the day. She doesn’t spook the dogs. I always know when she’s around because the five of them line up and look like they’re at a tennis match. As of this writing we’re co-habiting nicely.
Most writers love what they do and I’m no exception. I love it when I get a germ of an idea and get it down on paper. I love breathing life into my characters. I love writing about women who persevere and prevail because that’s what I had to do to get to this point in time. It’s another way of saying it doesn’t matter where you’ve been, what matters is where you’re going and how you get there. The day I finally prevailed was the day I was inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame. For me it was an awesome day and there are no words to describe it.
I’ve been telling stories and scribbling for 37 years. I hope I can continue for another 37 years. It wasn’t easy during some of those years. As I said, I had to persevere. My old Polish grandmother said something to me when I was little that I never forgot. She said when God is good to you, you have to give back. For a while I didn’t know how to do that. When I finally figured it out I set up The Fern Michaels® Foundation.
READ FERN MICHAELS' FULL BIOGRAPHY HERE: http://www.fernmichaels.com/biography/
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August 18, 2010
HUGE SPOILERS here.....WARNING: Spoilers!!
OK, now that I got that out of the way, lets get some things straight. First of all, don't consider this a "romance" novel, because this book does NOT have a HEA. What makes it worse is that the rest of the book feels like one, so when the hero and the heroine do NOT end up with each other at the end, you just feel like crap.
I'm not saying they should have forsaken everything else that was going on to be together but romance readers expect the H/H to somehow live happily ever after. Well, in this gut wrenching, "romancy" novel, they don't. They live forever after with other ppl, always loving the other.
I wish I read a review that said this before actually reading it, but I didn't. So just imagine my shock. Not in a good way either. I enjoy a good plot twister as any but c'mon.... the author builds these two up through out the whole book for the final let down. That's the whole plot.
This book is absorbing, and well written. Heartrendingly sweet at times, don't be surprised to find yourself shedding tears for this couple, and you will find yourself hoping it will all work out. And of course, in the back of your mind, you KNOW they will be together at the end. Right? Its romance novel after all.... WRONG.
I hated, HATED this book, but to be completely honest with you, if the book ended differently, it might have made my keeper shelf.
If you like love stories with sad endings, and I know there are some out there, you might enjoy this angst novel.
OK, now that I got that out of the way, lets get some things straight. First of all, don't consider this a "romance" novel, because this book does NOT have a HEA. What makes it worse is that the rest of the book feels like one, so when the hero and the heroine do NOT end up with each other at the end, you just feel like crap.
I'm not saying they should have forsaken everything else that was going on to be together but romance readers expect the H/H to somehow live happily ever after. Well, in this gut wrenching, "romancy" novel, they don't. They live forever after with other ppl, always loving the other.
I wish I read a review that said this before actually reading it, but I didn't. So just imagine my shock. Not in a good way either. I enjoy a good plot twister as any but c'mon.... the author builds these two up through out the whole book for the final let down. That's the whole plot.
This book is absorbing, and well written. Heartrendingly sweet at times, don't be surprised to find yourself shedding tears for this couple, and you will find yourself hoping it will all work out. And of course, in the back of your mind, you KNOW they will be together at the end. Right? Its romance novel after all.... WRONG.
I hated, HATED this book, but to be completely honest with you, if the book ended differently, it might have made my keeper shelf.
If you like love stories with sad endings, and I know there are some out there, you might enjoy this angst novel.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 15, 2014
Loved, loved, loved the book and couldn't put it down, up until the last 150 pages or so. The book totally changed gears, and got pretty boring. I HATED the ending! I was very disappointed! It was like the author got bored with the book or something and started writing nonsense. IMO, the author could have stopped writing half-way through this book!
November 16, 2013
Oh my gosh if I could give this book 100 I would. I gave it five for the characters, how the story flowed and most of all the ending. I couldn't put this book down. Props to Fern Michaels.
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March 28, 2016Mac Carlin wanted Alice and the only way that he could get her was to marry her so he did. He had been married for eight years to a woman who didn't love him. He had to give her something expensive in order to have sex with her. He wanted out of the marriage but she refused. Mac decided to enlist in order to get away from her and his father. He left his best friend, Benny, with his power of attorney papers. Alice had expected him to give them to her.
Mac's mother had left when he was young and he was raised by his father. His father cared nothing for him and Mac hated him. His father was Supreme Court Justice Marcus Carlin. Mac did not know it but his wife, Alice, was also having sex with his father. She told him that she was pregnant the day he told her he was headed to Vietnam. Mac knew the child was not his but did not know that his father had gotten his wife pregnant. He told his father he was leaving and his father told him to come back a hero. Marcus had wanted to run for a political office but had too many skeletons in his closet. Marcus had raised his son to be what he wasn't, only Mac wasn't interested becoming the governor. Marcus refused to accept this fact.
Mac had become friends with a bartender, Sadie Switzer, when he was in high school and she became like a mother to him. Sadie had named the bar and grill she owned, 'Bill's' after a boyfriend who had gotten her pregnant and left her when she would younger. She had miscarried the child. Sadie told Mac that his mother had to have left for a reason. She convinced Mac to return to his mother's home and talk to her brother, his Uncle Harry, to find out why she left. Harry told Mac that he should have showed up ten years earlier and they would have that discussion when he returned from Vietnam. Harry died before Mac returned. Mac went to his mothers gravesite and Harry gave him a shoebox filled with items that were left to him by his mother. Mac gave them to Sadie for safekeeping. Mac left for San Francisco to wait for his orders.
Casey Adams was raised in an orphanage in France and was now a nurse in a hospital in Paris. She had just found out that her American father left her a house and some money in San Francisco. His attorney made arrangements for Casey to relocate to the U.S. Casey arrived in San Francisco and found out that she needed U.S. credentials to work. It was suggested that she join the Army. Casey went to lunch one afternoon and Mac asked if he could share her table due to the rest of the tables being taken. They talked and walked and ate dinner together. Casey told him that she would meet him the next day and to look up her number under her father's name in the phone book. She did not realize that the number was unlisted. She had not given him her address. Casey called numerous hotels in the area and was unable to locate Mac. She decided that she would join the Army in hopes of somehow finding him. She called some more hotels and finally found where he was staying. She went to see him but he was out. She left him a note. By the time he got the message and went to her house, Casey was on her way to Vietnam. He arrived at the house about five minutes after she left. Mac was on his way to Vietnam about two weeks later.
When they both arrived in Vietnam, they discovered that they had flown over on the same plane. Mac saw Casey first and ran over to her and touched her. They were both ordered to go with their separate groups and they yelled to each other where they were going.
The temperatures were close to a hundred with the humidity the same. They couldn't seem to stay dry. They smelled bad and so did the country. Their sheets were damp due to the humidity and they had to adjust. The bugs, in particular the gnats were horrible.
Casey was sent to work with Dr. Luke Farrell and another nurse, Lily Gia. Lily was half Vietnamese and half French. Casey and Lily's mothers were both French. Lily was in her thirties and was seeing an American Dr. who was married. Luke was taken by Casey and felt she was different. He started to have dreams about being married to her. Luke came to Vietnam when a boy from his hometown died and his mother shouted at Luke for being a dermatologist while her son died for the lack of real Dr.'s in Vietnam. Luke volunteered then and often dreamed about Jimmy Oliver. He was also trying to get another fellow cosmetic surgeon to come help him in Vietnam, Dr. Singin Vinh.
Mac was sent to Saigon to lead troups onto the Ho Chi Minh trail. His first leadership role was to locate and destroy a depot on the trail. They needed to cut up the supply train to the VietCong. Mac was really scared as was his lieutenant Pender. The mission was successful and Mac felt proud. He was doing this for himself and it felt good.
The helicopters came to pick up the wounded and Mac asked one of the pilots if he flew anywhere near Qui Nhon, where Casey was. The pilot asked him if his name was Mac Carlin and handed him a note that Casey had given him. They continued to exchange notes through the pilots. They both tried to get leave time and meet at China Beach. The met and spent seven hours together. The next time they met was six months later on the Fourth of July. Mac had written to Sophie and Benny and together they shipped tons of hot dogs and hamburgers as well as marshmallows, ice cream and watermelon to China Beach. Mac had gotten both Casey and Lily positions in the hospital there. Casey told Mac that she was going back to work with Luke. Luke wasn't happy to see Casey. He had seen Casey with Mac at China Beach. Luke had fallen in love with Casey but realized that he didn't have a chance once he saw that Mac and Casey had slept together.
It was Christmas before they could see each other again and Mac went and found a tree to decorate. Casey arrived later but she was very sick. He went to find Lily who now had a son she had named Eric. She was working in Saigon and had been disowned by her parents. Lily went and found Luke who saw to it that Casey was admitted to the hospital. She was in the hospital for thirty days with viral pneumonia. After she was released, she went to stay with Lily.
Mac told Lily that he was married while Casey was so sick. Lily told Mac that she knew. Luke had told her. Luke was in love with Casey and had left Saigon after he admitted Casey in the hospital. Mac told Lily about Alice and the baby. He told Lily that the baby was not his because he was sterile. He felt guilty about not telling Casey and had planned to before she became so sick. She was still not well when he was assigned to another mission.
Lily was assigned to work with a patient who was mumbling something about the VietCong attacking Saigon. She went home and told Casey. Casey went and told a nurse friend and they called the Embassy and met with one of the staff, Geoffrey Hollister. He chose to ignore what the women had told him and Saigon was attacked less than twelve hours later. Geoffrey sent a driver to Lily's house to pick up Casey. Casey, Lily and her baby were in a jeep and nearing the embassy when the jeep was hit by a grenade. When it was over, one of the women had survived and she was calling for Lily. They put a name tag on her as Lily but it was actually Casey.
Mac was furious with Hollister for sending someone to pick up Casey. He didn't know where she was and assumed she was dead. It was Lily who had died and her baby was put into an orphanage. Mac tried to find Lily and little Eric with no luck. Lily's parents had also been killed. Mac finished his last three weeks of duty and went home. He moved immediately into the guest cottage and went and chose two dogs out of the pound and named them Fred and Gus like he and Casey had talked about. He also hired a housekeeper, Yolanda Angelique Magdelena Consuela Chavez, or Yody for short. Mac didn't know how she did it but she had the two dogs house trained in a day. He also went into the house one day when he knew that Alice was out and went to see the baby he knew was not his. Her name was Jenny and he was surprised to learn that she had Down's Syndrome.
Casey was now in Taiwan as a patient of Singin Vinh. Singin wrote to Luke and told him that he had a patient that needed him and it would delay his coming to work with him in Vietnam. Casey had a ruptured spleen, broken nose, shoulder, and wrist, shattered jaw and cheekbones and ankle, fingers smashed, four cracked ribs, burns over thirty percent of her body, face burned, and damage to her eyes. She was kept sedated for months while the doctors worked to repair all the damage done to her. She had heard the conversations between the Dr. and nurse and learned that Mac was married. She decided to pretend to not know who she was and to go along with being Lily after the wires were removed from her mouth and she was able to speak. She pretended to have no memory of who she was before she arrived at the hospital. Casey's case was turned over to Alan Carpenter at Thanksgiving. He brought her back to the United States where is practice was located. He told Casey that it would take a couple of years more to restore her face. Casey agreed to give him a chance. Alan gave Casey a copy of the New York Times and Casey cut out an article on Mac winning the Senate race. Word got back to Singin and Maline and they worked to get another copy of the paper to see what article Casey had cut out.
Mac didn't know what to do with the rest of his life. when her first returned home. He spent most of his time riding his horse and playing with the dogs. He was also trying to find Lily's son. He received a letter one day from Pender asking him to run for the Senate. Mac called Benny and asked him if he would be his campaign manager and Benny agreed. Now Mac had a goal. Alice brought Mac a letter one day from the Bureau of Asian Affairs that looked important. Mac and Benny had also located Bill and brought him back to meet Sadie. Mac had Benny hire a private investigator to find him before he left to Vietnam. It took this long to locate him. Sadie and Bill ended up staying together. They kept the bar and grill going and went to Bill's place to run his bait and tackle shop most weekends.
Mac won the Primary's for his Senate race and Mac was being sworn into the Senate at the same time that Casey's plane landed on U.S. soil.
Casey spent two years under the care of Alan, who was sixty-five at the end of that time. Alan had fallen in love with Casey and they had spent the last year sleeping in the same bed. Alan knew everything about Casey, including her real name and all about her relationship with Mac. Her surgeries were completed. It was now Christmas time and Alan had scheduled himself to have bypass surgery in January but didn't think that he was going to survive. He had made arrangements for a new life for Casey. She was to become Mary Ashley and she didn't know it but he had changed his will to leave everything he had to Casey. Alan was very well off. Casey was prepared to marry Alan and told him so on Christmas Eve but she wasn't in love with him. She would marry him to thank him for all he had done for her and because she didn't know how to face life alone.
Mac spent Christmas visiting the gravesite in France where Casey was supposed to be buried. He went to see the nun, Sister Ann Elizabeth, who had raised Casey and chewed her out for never touching or hugging the children raised in the orphanage. She was old and crippled now and didn't know that Casey had been declared dead. Mac took her to the grave and she asked to be left there for her Mother Superior to pick up. Mac did as she asked and went to the airport to fly home.
Three years after the accident, Casey was working as an assistant to a studio producer and had a dog named Samantha and a cat named Gracie. Casey finally called Luke and told him she was still alive. He flew out to meet her and he told her that he loved her and always had. They ended up making love and he went home after the weekend was over. They kept in touch but didn't see each other until months later. Singin and Maline came to visit and Casey went to his house for Thanksgiving. That is when she found out that Alan had died.
Her boss chose Mac to do a show-and-tell interview piece on regarding his work with Vietnam vets and retarded children. Casey had to setup the interview. She met Mac and he didn't recognize her. She was rude to him and called him out as a liar. Alice was there and recognized her. She told Mac and he drove all night looking for her. He missed her at the hotel where the crew was staying, her apartment and her job. Casey quit her job and couldn't be located. Casey found an attorney in San Francisco and worked with the Army to take back her real name. She then went back to Vietnam to work with Luke. They married and had a son they named Luke Jr. and a daughter, Lily.
Years later, Luke and Casey were with Luke Jr. (7) and Lily (4) at the Vietnam memorial in Washington. Mac and Alice were also there with Jenny and Eric. Eric was Lily's son and he was now around 16. Casey told Eric that she had named her daughter after his mother. She lied to Luke and told him that she was okay and over Mac. Mac had a hard time not grabbing Casey and running away with her too. They each had their own separate lives now but never really got over their love for each other. They did their best in Vietnam and would never forget. Never.
Mac's mother had left when he was young and he was raised by his father. His father cared nothing for him and Mac hated him. His father was Supreme Court Justice Marcus Carlin. Mac did not know it but his wife, Alice, was also having sex with his father. She told him that she was pregnant the day he told her he was headed to Vietnam. Mac knew the child was not his but did not know that his father had gotten his wife pregnant. He told his father he was leaving and his father told him to come back a hero. Marcus had wanted to run for a political office but had too many skeletons in his closet. Marcus had raised his son to be what he wasn't, only Mac wasn't interested becoming the governor. Marcus refused to accept this fact.
Mac had become friends with a bartender, Sadie Switzer, when he was in high school and she became like a mother to him. Sadie had named the bar and grill she owned, 'Bill's' after a boyfriend who had gotten her pregnant and left her when she would younger. She had miscarried the child. Sadie told Mac that his mother had to have left for a reason. She convinced Mac to return to his mother's home and talk to her brother, his Uncle Harry, to find out why she left. Harry told Mac that he should have showed up ten years earlier and they would have that discussion when he returned from Vietnam. Harry died before Mac returned. Mac went to his mothers gravesite and Harry gave him a shoebox filled with items that were left to him by his mother. Mac gave them to Sadie for safekeeping. Mac left for San Francisco to wait for his orders.
Casey Adams was raised in an orphanage in France and was now a nurse in a hospital in Paris. She had just found out that her American father left her a house and some money in San Francisco. His attorney made arrangements for Casey to relocate to the U.S. Casey arrived in San Francisco and found out that she needed U.S. credentials to work. It was suggested that she join the Army. Casey went to lunch one afternoon and Mac asked if he could share her table due to the rest of the tables being taken. They talked and walked and ate dinner together. Casey told him that she would meet him the next day and to look up her number under her father's name in the phone book. She did not realize that the number was unlisted. She had not given him her address. Casey called numerous hotels in the area and was unable to locate Mac. She decided that she would join the Army in hopes of somehow finding him. She called some more hotels and finally found where he was staying. She went to see him but he was out. She left him a note. By the time he got the message and went to her house, Casey was on her way to Vietnam. He arrived at the house about five minutes after she left. Mac was on his way to Vietnam about two weeks later.
When they both arrived in Vietnam, they discovered that they had flown over on the same plane. Mac saw Casey first and ran over to her and touched her. They were both ordered to go with their separate groups and they yelled to each other where they were going.
The temperatures were close to a hundred with the humidity the same. They couldn't seem to stay dry. They smelled bad and so did the country. Their sheets were damp due to the humidity and they had to adjust. The bugs, in particular the gnats were horrible.
Casey was sent to work with Dr. Luke Farrell and another nurse, Lily Gia. Lily was half Vietnamese and half French. Casey and Lily's mothers were both French. Lily was in her thirties and was seeing an American Dr. who was married. Luke was taken by Casey and felt she was different. He started to have dreams about being married to her. Luke came to Vietnam when a boy from his hometown died and his mother shouted at Luke for being a dermatologist while her son died for the lack of real Dr.'s in Vietnam. Luke volunteered then and often dreamed about Jimmy Oliver. He was also trying to get another fellow cosmetic surgeon to come help him in Vietnam, Dr. Singin Vinh.
Mac was sent to Saigon to lead troups onto the Ho Chi Minh trail. His first leadership role was to locate and destroy a depot on the trail. They needed to cut up the supply train to the VietCong. Mac was really scared as was his lieutenant Pender. The mission was successful and Mac felt proud. He was doing this for himself and it felt good.
The helicopters came to pick up the wounded and Mac asked one of the pilots if he flew anywhere near Qui Nhon, where Casey was. The pilot asked him if his name was Mac Carlin and handed him a note that Casey had given him. They continued to exchange notes through the pilots. They both tried to get leave time and meet at China Beach. The met and spent seven hours together. The next time they met was six months later on the Fourth of July. Mac had written to Sophie and Benny and together they shipped tons of hot dogs and hamburgers as well as marshmallows, ice cream and watermelon to China Beach. Mac had gotten both Casey and Lily positions in the hospital there. Casey told Mac that she was going back to work with Luke. Luke wasn't happy to see Casey. He had seen Casey with Mac at China Beach. Luke had fallen in love with Casey but realized that he didn't have a chance once he saw that Mac and Casey had slept together.
It was Christmas before they could see each other again and Mac went and found a tree to decorate. Casey arrived later but she was very sick. He went to find Lily who now had a son she had named Eric. She was working in Saigon and had been disowned by her parents. Lily went and found Luke who saw to it that Casey was admitted to the hospital. She was in the hospital for thirty days with viral pneumonia. After she was released, she went to stay with Lily.
Mac told Lily that he was married while Casey was so sick. Lily told Mac that she knew. Luke had told her. Luke was in love with Casey and had left Saigon after he admitted Casey in the hospital. Mac told Lily about Alice and the baby. He told Lily that the baby was not his because he was sterile. He felt guilty about not telling Casey and had planned to before she became so sick. She was still not well when he was assigned to another mission.
Lily was assigned to work with a patient who was mumbling something about the VietCong attacking Saigon. She went home and told Casey. Casey went and told a nurse friend and they called the Embassy and met with one of the staff, Geoffrey Hollister. He chose to ignore what the women had told him and Saigon was attacked less than twelve hours later. Geoffrey sent a driver to Lily's house to pick up Casey. Casey, Lily and her baby were in a jeep and nearing the embassy when the jeep was hit by a grenade. When it was over, one of the women had survived and she was calling for Lily. They put a name tag on her as Lily but it was actually Casey.
Mac was furious with Hollister for sending someone to pick up Casey. He didn't know where she was and assumed she was dead. It was Lily who had died and her baby was put into an orphanage. Mac tried to find Lily and little Eric with no luck. Lily's parents had also been killed. Mac finished his last three weeks of duty and went home. He moved immediately into the guest cottage and went and chose two dogs out of the pound and named them Fred and Gus like he and Casey had talked about. He also hired a housekeeper, Yolanda Angelique Magdelena Consuela Chavez, or Yody for short. Mac didn't know how she did it but she had the two dogs house trained in a day. He also went into the house one day when he knew that Alice was out and went to see the baby he knew was not his. Her name was Jenny and he was surprised to learn that she had Down's Syndrome.
Casey was now in Taiwan as a patient of Singin Vinh. Singin wrote to Luke and told him that he had a patient that needed him and it would delay his coming to work with him in Vietnam. Casey had a ruptured spleen, broken nose, shoulder, and wrist, shattered jaw and cheekbones and ankle, fingers smashed, four cracked ribs, burns over thirty percent of her body, face burned, and damage to her eyes. She was kept sedated for months while the doctors worked to repair all the damage done to her. She had heard the conversations between the Dr. and nurse and learned that Mac was married. She decided to pretend to not know who she was and to go along with being Lily after the wires were removed from her mouth and she was able to speak. She pretended to have no memory of who she was before she arrived at the hospital. Casey's case was turned over to Alan Carpenter at Thanksgiving. He brought her back to the United States where is practice was located. He told Casey that it would take a couple of years more to restore her face. Casey agreed to give him a chance. Alan gave Casey a copy of the New York Times and Casey cut out an article on Mac winning the Senate race. Word got back to Singin and Maline and they worked to get another copy of the paper to see what article Casey had cut out.
Mac didn't know what to do with the rest of his life. when her first returned home. He spent most of his time riding his horse and playing with the dogs. He was also trying to find Lily's son. He received a letter one day from Pender asking him to run for the Senate. Mac called Benny and asked him if he would be his campaign manager and Benny agreed. Now Mac had a goal. Alice brought Mac a letter one day from the Bureau of Asian Affairs that looked important. Mac and Benny had also located Bill and brought him back to meet Sadie. Mac had Benny hire a private investigator to find him before he left to Vietnam. It took this long to locate him. Sadie and Bill ended up staying together. They kept the bar and grill going and went to Bill's place to run his bait and tackle shop most weekends.
Mac won the Primary's for his Senate race and Mac was being sworn into the Senate at the same time that Casey's plane landed on U.S. soil.
Casey spent two years under the care of Alan, who was sixty-five at the end of that time. Alan had fallen in love with Casey and they had spent the last year sleeping in the same bed. Alan knew everything about Casey, including her real name and all about her relationship with Mac. Her surgeries were completed. It was now Christmas time and Alan had scheduled himself to have bypass surgery in January but didn't think that he was going to survive. He had made arrangements for a new life for Casey. She was to become Mary Ashley and she didn't know it but he had changed his will to leave everything he had to Casey. Alan was very well off. Casey was prepared to marry Alan and told him so on Christmas Eve but she wasn't in love with him. She would marry him to thank him for all he had done for her and because she didn't know how to face life alone.
Mac spent Christmas visiting the gravesite in France where Casey was supposed to be buried. He went to see the nun, Sister Ann Elizabeth, who had raised Casey and chewed her out for never touching or hugging the children raised in the orphanage. She was old and crippled now and didn't know that Casey had been declared dead. Mac took her to the grave and she asked to be left there for her Mother Superior to pick up. Mac did as she asked and went to the airport to fly home.
Three years after the accident, Casey was working as an assistant to a studio producer and had a dog named Samantha and a cat named Gracie. Casey finally called Luke and told him she was still alive. He flew out to meet her and he told her that he loved her and always had. They ended up making love and he went home after the weekend was over. They kept in touch but didn't see each other until months later. Singin and Maline came to visit and Casey went to his house for Thanksgiving. That is when she found out that Alan had died.
Her boss chose Mac to do a show-and-tell interview piece on regarding his work with Vietnam vets and retarded children. Casey had to setup the interview. She met Mac and he didn't recognize her. She was rude to him and called him out as a liar. Alice was there and recognized her. She told Mac and he drove all night looking for her. He missed her at the hotel where the crew was staying, her apartment and her job. Casey quit her job and couldn't be located. Casey found an attorney in San Francisco and worked with the Army to take back her real name. She then went back to Vietnam to work with Luke. They married and had a son they named Luke Jr. and a daughter, Lily.
Years later, Luke and Casey were with Luke Jr. (7) and Lily (4) at the Vietnam memorial in Washington. Mac and Alice were also there with Jenny and Eric. Eric was Lily's son and he was now around 16. Casey told Eric that she had named her daughter after his mother. She lied to Luke and told him that she was okay and over Mac. Mac had a hard time not grabbing Casey and running away with her too. They each had their own separate lives now but never really got over their love for each other. They did their best in Vietnam and would never forget. Never.
December 31, 2017
A book you won't forget
after reading this book, I certainly will look at a Vietnam vet with so much more respect. I'm sure that in real life they have been to help and back. This was a war love story not to be forgotten. Thank you Fern Again you have taken me into another world. As you once told me Welcome to my world. My husband has went thru a series of major health problems, while sitting in his hospital room, Fern has always taken me away. The Sisterhood series was my first introduction to Fern. She is an amazing writer.
YOU WON'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN, laughter, love, heartache, and above all wonderfully written.
after reading this book, I certainly will look at a Vietnam vet with so much more respect. I'm sure that in real life they have been to help and back. This was a war love story not to be forgotten. Thank you Fern Again you have taken me into another world. As you once told me Welcome to my world. My husband has went thru a series of major health problems, while sitting in his hospital room, Fern has always taken me away. The Sisterhood series was my first introduction to Fern. She is an amazing writer.
YOU WON'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN, laughter, love, heartache, and above all wonderfully written.
August 29, 2014
I like romance novels but for the heroine to have every guy she is around for more than a day want to marry her and mourn the loss of her the rest of their lives turns it into a silly book.
November 30, 2018
I can't say that I loved this book, but I finished reading it because I wanted to give it a chance.
I don't know if its because I was not in a hopeless romantic mood or if it was just too predictable, but I was not impressed.
I found myself rolling my eyes at various parts in this book.
As some of the other reviewers mentioned, it was annoying that the main female character is so attractive that everyone around her just falls in love with her. I can't stand the perfection of the characters that only have minor, little flaws to add to the story intrigue.
I was annoyed with the main female character being overly dramatic about an incident at one point that just added unnecessary drama and relationship strain that could have been avoided.
Similar scenario also happened with the main male character that bugged me, too. In my opinion, that is just taking the easy way to create more depth in a story, etc.
If you enjoy Fern Michaels' books, then you probably will like this story as well.
For me, this is my third book by this author and I'm not impressed. Her writing style is basic/standard, which is why she is just not the author for me.
I don't know if its because I was not in a hopeless romantic mood or if it was just too predictable, but I was not impressed.
I found myself rolling my eyes at various parts in this book.
As some of the other reviewers mentioned, it was annoying that the main female character is so attractive that everyone around her just falls in love with her. I can't stand the perfection of the characters that only have minor, little flaws to add to the story intrigue.
I was annoyed with the main female character being overly dramatic about an incident at one point that just added unnecessary drama and relationship strain that could have been avoided.
Similar scenario also happened with the main male character that bugged me, too. In my opinion, that is just taking the easy way to create more depth in a story, etc.
If you enjoy Fern Michaels' books, then you probably will like this story as well.
For me, this is my third book by this author and I'm not impressed. Her writing style is basic/standard, which is why she is just not the author for me.
May 11, 2015
FOR ALL THEIR LIVES
This is the best Fern Michaels book I have read, I don't say that lightly- I have enjoyed many of her books. She covered the Vietnam era very well, and at the same time told a wonderful, bittersweet story about Casey and Mac. This is a book I will revisit again.
This is the best Fern Michaels book I have read, I don't say that lightly- I have enjoyed many of her books. She covered the Vietnam era very well, and at the same time told a wonderful, bittersweet story about Casey and Mac. This is a book I will revisit again.
August 15, 2019
It had been awhile since I had read anything by Fern Michaels, but after reading "For all their lives" I remembered how much I enjoy her books. I'm still trying to decide if I think the ending was really sad or surprisingly happy. It didn't end the way I thought it would, but sometimes that makes the best ending to a book.
September 8, 2021
Kathleen
This book was excellent- could not put it down. Gave a lot of insight to VietNam and what those servicemen went through. So sad at times as well as very uplifting too. I would definitely recommend the book to friends. I personally know people who served in this war and feel they did not receive the recognition that they should have. Like Fern Michaels as a writer.
This book was excellent- could not put it down. Gave a lot of insight to VietNam and what those servicemen went through. So sad at times as well as very uplifting too. I would definitely recommend the book to friends. I personally know people who served in this war and feel they did not receive the recognition that they should have. Like Fern Michaels as a writer.
January 13, 2015
Good
Lots of turns in the story,almost too many but interesting. Not just a story where you knew the ending half way thru.
Lots of turns in the story,almost too many but interesting. Not just a story where you knew the ending half way thru.
July 9, 2015
One of her best
This is one of the best books by Fern Michaels. It truly grab your heart. You will definitely need a tissue.
This is one of the best books by Fern Michaels. It truly grab your heart. You will definitely need a tissue.
August 7, 2024
Loved!!
A very emotional, heartbreaking story. I loved it.
Casey Adams is a nurse who was raised in an orphanage, when she finds out her father left her his house in California, she leaves France to move there. But she hadn't counted on not being able to get a job in America without retaking her nursing exams again. She meets a captain while searching for a job. They hit it off immediately but lose each other after forgetting to exchange numbers. When an Army recruiter sends her to Vietnam, she gets ready to go. She never thought she'd see the soldier again, but they see each on the tarmac in Vietnam.
Mac decides to leave his cushy job at the Pentagon and volunteer for duty in Nam. He's leaving behind a wife he hates who only wants his money, and his arrogant father. Meeting Casey really changed his life. But he never told her that he was married, thinking that his divorce would go through by the time they left Nam. Only Casey gets hurt in a bombing and he's told that she died.
Mac goes home a completely different man. His wife had a baby with someone else and he doesn't even care. He comes home an emotionally dead man.
Meanwhile, Casey has suffered plenty. After many, many surgeries she's a different woman with a new face. After learning in the hospital from newspapers that Mac lied to her about his life, she was never the same. When she sees him years later, he doesn't recognize her until it's too late.
He knows that he did wrong by her and that's something he'll have to live with for the rest of his life. But can he?
A must read!
A very emotional, heartbreaking story. I loved it.
Casey Adams is a nurse who was raised in an orphanage, when she finds out her father left her his house in California, she leaves France to move there. But she hadn't counted on not being able to get a job in America without retaking her nursing exams again. She meets a captain while searching for a job. They hit it off immediately but lose each other after forgetting to exchange numbers. When an Army recruiter sends her to Vietnam, she gets ready to go. She never thought she'd see the soldier again, but they see each on the tarmac in Vietnam.
Mac decides to leave his cushy job at the Pentagon and volunteer for duty in Nam. He's leaving behind a wife he hates who only wants his money, and his arrogant father. Meeting Casey really changed his life. But he never told her that he was married, thinking that his divorce would go through by the time they left Nam. Only Casey gets hurt in a bombing and he's told that she died.
Mac goes home a completely different man. His wife had a baby with someone else and he doesn't even care. He comes home an emotionally dead man.
Meanwhile, Casey has suffered plenty. After many, many surgeries she's a different woman with a new face. After learning in the hospital from newspapers that Mac lied to her about his life, she was never the same. When she sees him years later, he doesn't recognize her until it's too late.
He knows that he did wrong by her and that's something he'll have to live with for the rest of his life. But can he?
A must read!
October 28, 2021
I was so into the story, lots of emotions, details of the war and the medical side too. But I hated the ending! So disappointing!
Mac is going to Vietnam to serve. On his delay he meets Casey, they spend time together before he goes. They get there and see each other and vow to find each other she’s a nurse. So they do lots of detail do war…then she is in a Jeep and it exploded everyone thought she died. But she didn’t. They took her to get plastic surgery. Then she makes a new life trying to forget Mac because he was married and lied to her. He was going to get a divorce. He didn’t love Alice, she got pregnant by Macs father. She is doing a TV show and has to be with Mac. And he sees how mad at him she is. Then Alice figureed out it was Casey he goes after her. But didn’t get her, he goes on with life. Casey goes back to Vietnam to work with Luke. They marry and Mac stayed in a loveless marriage. Sad ending.
Mac is going to Vietnam to serve. On his delay he meets Casey, they spend time together before he goes. They get there and see each other and vow to find each other she’s a nurse. So they do lots of detail do war…then she is in a Jeep and it exploded everyone thought she died. But she didn’t. They took her to get plastic surgery. Then she makes a new life trying to forget Mac because he was married and lied to her. He was going to get a divorce. He didn’t love Alice, she got pregnant by Macs father. She is doing a TV show and has to be with Mac. And he sees how mad at him she is. Then Alice figureed out it was Casey he goes after her. But didn’t get her, he goes on with life. Casey goes back to Vietnam to work with Luke. They marry and Mac stayed in a loveless marriage. Sad ending.
November 10, 2021
Heart wrenching!
I was a kid and then a teen during the Vietnam War. I grew up watching horrendous video of the war effort on the daily news and then the protests against the war. The toll it took on every person who served in any capacity in Vietnam and their families can not be fully calculated... Ever!
Barbara Freethy captures the questions surrounding the war, the plight of returning vets and how many tried to help heal their lingering psychological wounds. All this in the midst of a love story which is spellbinding in and of itself.... Actually make that love stories... Love between friends... Love between parent and child... Love between lovers AND the lack of love that many survive in all of those relationships!
At points this is a hard story to read, but you will be happy you did!!!
I was a kid and then a teen during the Vietnam War. I grew up watching horrendous video of the war effort on the daily news and then the protests against the war. The toll it took on every person who served in any capacity in Vietnam and their families can not be fully calculated... Ever!
Barbara Freethy captures the questions surrounding the war, the plight of returning vets and how many tried to help heal their lingering psychological wounds. All this in the midst of a love story which is spellbinding in and of itself.... Actually make that love stories... Love between friends... Love between parent and child... Love between lovers AND the lack of love that many survive in all of those relationships!
At points this is a hard story to read, but you will be happy you did!!!
November 18, 2021
I had a hard time rating this book. The love stories were so improbable that I wanted to give it a 3 but the backdrop of the book - the Vietnam war of the 60s - I rated it higher as well as the story of family dynamics (including abuse) was well done - I rated it a 4.
It is the story of half French/half American Casey Adams, who had grown up in an orphanage in Paris, is now in San Francisco after the death of her American father, who she never knew. By chance she meets Mac Carlin (who is married) but she does not know that and they have a supper together - but both have fallen madly in love with each other. They both end up in Vietnam. The stories of the nurses and doctors in Vietnam are done very well. The story evolves back into USA after it appears that Casey has been killed (she has not been). Her story evolves - unbelievable in some parts. A decent read.
It is the story of half French/half American Casey Adams, who had grown up in an orphanage in Paris, is now in San Francisco after the death of her American father, who she never knew. By chance she meets Mac Carlin (who is married) but she does not know that and they have a supper together - but both have fallen madly in love with each other. They both end up in Vietnam. The stories of the nurses and doctors in Vietnam are done very well. The story evolves back into USA after it appears that Casey has been killed (she has not been). Her story evolves - unbelievable in some parts. A decent read.
April 23, 2020
Its been many years since I read anything by Ms. Michaels so I was delighted when a friend passed this one on to me. It takes place during the Viet Nam war and features two star crossed people who fall in love with each other during a very difficult time.
I found the love story too sappy in parts and not very believable in others.
Having lived through those years and lost friends in that useless, endless war, I found the portions about the characters time during the war believable and realistically portrayed. I still remember the stories my returning friends told me when they could bring themselves to talk about it.
Don't think I'll be reading another Michaels book for awhile.
I found the love story too sappy in parts and not very believable in others.
Having lived through those years and lost friends in that useless, endless war, I found the portions about the characters time during the war believable and realistically portrayed. I still remember the stories my returning friends told me when they could bring themselves to talk about it.
Don't think I'll be reading another Michaels book for awhile.
February 20, 2022
Fern Michaels best ever read.
I have been reading the books written by this author foe many, many years. I have enjoyed all of her books however this one
has moved me too shed many more tears then ever. Being a widow of a Vietnam Vet I appreciate the look inside of all the issues the vets went through. I remember all the and disrespect for our vets during this war. Your have to know so many were drafted and those who joined gave all the ones who came home as well as those left behind. This is a must read for the good feelings and the hard ones to get through. I know it fiction but again thanks for the insite.
I have been reading the books written by this author foe many, many years. I have enjoyed all of her books however this one
has moved me too shed many more tears then ever. Being a widow of a Vietnam Vet I appreciate the look inside of all the issues the vets went through. I remember all the and disrespect for our vets during this war. Your have to know so many were drafted and those who joined gave all the ones who came home as well as those left behind. This is a must read for the good feelings and the hard ones to get through. I know it fiction but again thanks for the insite.
May 8, 2024
5 stars
Oh my goodness! What a great book! This book kept my up all night because I couldn't put it down. First off, thank you Ms Michaels for writing this book. I was a teenager when Vietnam occurred and lost several friends to that war. The saddest part of this book is that it's so true to the way life was at that time. The story was not without humor but it is heartbreaking and a real tearjerker. The descriptions of the jungles was so vivid that it was almost like being there! The characters were leaping right off of the pages. This is one of the best historical novels that I have read!
Oh my goodness! What a great book! This book kept my up all night because I couldn't put it down. First off, thank you Ms Michaels for writing this book. I was a teenager when Vietnam occurred and lost several friends to that war. The saddest part of this book is that it's so true to the way life was at that time. The story was not without humor but it is heartbreaking and a real tearjerker. The descriptions of the jungles was so vivid that it was almost like being there! The characters were leaping right off of the pages. This is one of the best historical novels that I have read!
March 2, 2020
Hauntingly deep
The Vietnam War was a dark spot in America's history. "For All Their Lives" by Fern Michael's is one hauntingly beautiful story of love during that time. Casey and Mac meet by chance before the war and fall in love. Their sparse meetings are what they live for after they both enter the service. It's what keeps readers turning pages as their lives are shaped by the war and deeply emotional circumstances. There's something special about a writer who can put together multiple storylines and have such a touching novel. Thank you!
The Vietnam War was a dark spot in America's history. "For All Their Lives" by Fern Michael's is one hauntingly beautiful story of love during that time. Casey and Mac meet by chance before the war and fall in love. Their sparse meetings are what they live for after they both enter the service. It's what keeps readers turning pages as their lives are shaped by the war and deeply emotional circumstances. There's something special about a writer who can put together multiple storylines and have such a touching novel. Thank you!
September 3, 2023
I really got into this book and couldn't put it down. It got better at the end until....ok, here's the spoiler. In MY opinion (which doesn't mean much) I think Casey and Mac should have been reunited with Lily's son and Alice, Luke and Jenny would have made a much better family. I actually cried when I read the Epilogue and the ending was so different. I'm not judging you Fern Michaels, but I'm wondering why you ended the book this way. Wow...but I do love how Mac takes his revenge on his "father". That was priceless...and something I would have done way back in the day!
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November 5, 2017
Disappointing
I felt this book had too many story lines and characters. Time was a real issue. There were not enough hooks to keep up with each character's timeline. Consequently the book was disjointed and did not have smooth scene changes. The first Fern Michael's book I read was excellent. Each book I've read since has been disappointing. I'll give her one more try before I jump ship to another author.
I felt this book had too many story lines and characters. Time was a real issue. There were not enough hooks to keep up with each character's timeline. Consequently the book was disjointed and did not have smooth scene changes. The first Fern Michael's book I read was excellent. Each book I've read since has been disappointing. I'll give her one more try before I jump ship to another author.
August 18, 2018
For All Their Lives
This book was amazing! It was so emotional, & it felt like a roller coaster ride at times. I couldn’t believe how much drama & trauma Casey had to go through & the same for Mac. So near & yet so far. I was shocked at the ending, but although some what disappointed was glad for Casey & Luke & Mac & Alice & their children. A real tearjerker story, but I loved it.
This book was amazing! It was so emotional, & it felt like a roller coaster ride at times. I couldn’t believe how much drama & trauma Casey had to go through & the same for Mac. So near & yet so far. I was shocked at the ending, but although some what disappointed was glad for Casey & Luke & Mac & Alice & their children. A real tearjerker story, but I loved it.
December 15, 2021
Definitely one of her better works
I could not put this book down. Backdrop. Vietnam war. The war no-one cared about and injustice to our veterans. The h orrors of the war were bad enough but the after affect that Mac and Casey lived decades after returning home makes you stop and think of how their lives were wounded and hurt. Cheers to Mac and Casey as they moved forward but never forgot true love
I could not put this book down. Backdrop. Vietnam war. The war no-one cared about and injustice to our veterans. The h orrors of the war were bad enough but the after affect that Mac and Casey lived decades after returning home makes you stop and think of how their lives were wounded and hurt. Cheers to Mac and Casey as they moved forward but never forgot true love
January 7, 2022
This is Fern Michael's at her best!
This book shared realistic horrors of the Viet Nam war. As a wife of a Viet Nam veteran, and a retired RN in the states, I was far removed from this war brought alive by Ms Michael's details of a war so misunderstood. My husband wore his uniform but once when flying home on leave in 1972 and dared never to chance it again.
A wonderful reminder of so many who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
This book shared realistic horrors of the Viet Nam war. As a wife of a Viet Nam veteran, and a retired RN in the states, I was far removed from this war brought alive by Ms Michael's details of a war so misunderstood. My husband wore his uniform but once when flying home on leave in 1972 and dared never to chance it again.
A wonderful reminder of so many who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
January 9, 2023
Tears at your heart in a Million Ways
Even if you didn’t live during the time period or know those who served in Viet Nam it was a deeply troubled time in American culture…Too many loses and NO RESPECT for our soldiers then or now….too little, to late….This story tells of that heartache and the long term effects from a WAC perspective as well as a solider…This will open your heart, dig deep, toss it around and then ….
Even if you didn’t live during the time period or know those who served in Viet Nam it was a deeply troubled time in American culture…Too many loses and NO RESPECT for our soldiers then or now….too little, to late….This story tells of that heartache and the long term effects from a WAC perspective as well as a solider…This will open your heart, dig deep, toss it around and then ….
June 27, 2023
These are my notes, you can read other reviews elsewhere. I had a hard time putting this book down . It was sad, funny, historical, loving, surprising book to name a few. Casey Adams is main character along with a cast of Malcolm Carlin, Luke Farrell, Vietnam war. I was surprised at the end and who Casey ended up but I am glad it ended the way it did otherwise it would have been 'the typical " ended most of us thought would happen- good job Fern Michaels for that!! Thanks for a good read!
December 28, 2023
Filled with emotional moments, this book kept my interest, but even though the protagonist is beautiful and an exceptional nurse, I found it difficult to believe that every single man she interacted with totally fell in love with her and wanted to give her absolutely everything. And despite being badly disfigured by burns on her face, the plastic surgeon (who also fell in love with her) managed to make her beautiful again!
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April 3, 2024
I love Fern Michels books. The wiring keeps me engaged and in this story set in the Vietnam era, it connected with what I felt aa a teen during these times and wished I had paid more attention to. The brutality of the wounded and the doctors and nurses that dealt with the battle wounds was hard, but also good to read about. The story had some twists and turns and although heartbreaking, at times, had resolutions that made my heart feel okay!
September 27, 2024
What a beautiful book
So well written ! I learned so much about the Vietnam war. My step brother, felt like he could conquer the world, went to fight the VC , and came home in a casket! I feel like some of characters in this book could have been him, Disillusioned by his country and their called to arms! So many lives ended far too soon! Very sad story, I would recommend tho to those interested in US history.
So well written ! I learned so much about the Vietnam war. My step brother, felt like he could conquer the world, went to fight the VC , and came home in a casket! I feel like some of characters in this book could have been him, Disillusioned by his country and their called to arms! So many lives ended far too soon! Very sad story, I would recommend tho to those interested in US history.
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