Helen ’s Reviews > The Girl in the Picture : The Remarkable Story of Vietnam's Most Famous Casualty > Status Update

Economy on its feet. Control, Government takes over private business’s putting people in desperate poverty!
Everyone forced to think the same! Lies told to the West. Rice rations, water rations…. A decade later from the war and the regime takeover - things are grim for all but the leaders.

Phew … this is not light reading. The atrocities are mind blowing.
Having been to Vietnam , I can picture pretty well the areas mentioned.

Learning about the history of the Vietnamese and the political unrest.
The family tree of Kim Phuc ( the girl in the picture) and stories behind her grandparents and parents etc


Now the details I knew were coming … those of the horrific napalm attacks - I have no words - only tears!

I need a pause before I continue.