This is one of the best Vietnam war books I have read. Very graphic. Told from a war nurse's point of view. I don't know why this book isn't mentioned in lists of Vietnam war books. It should be. It's a very good read.

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Tragic, heartbreaking, and true

Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2019

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Like Rouenna, I am a Vietnam Vet. I was a grunt. I will be grateful all my days that I never got wounded and never got to experience that part of the war. But we all knew that, if they got you off of the battlefield alive you had a 98% chance of getting back to the world alive. So we knew that the medevac pilots would try to get us out and the doctors and nurses would try to save us if they could. It was comforting knowledge.
The most amazing thing about this book is that it could be so true and yet be written by someone who wasn't there. The insanity, the intensity, the loneliness of coming back to a world that hardly noticed you were gone and really, truly, doesn't want to hear about it: it's all true. This wasn't the way my war went but it feels true.

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Catherine S. Cline

but not as good as some of her others

Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2015

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I gave it a four, simply because it is quasi-autobiographical , but not as good as some of her others. Still think she is a great writer.

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I think this novel was well written and an easy read. I would like to purchase other novel ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2016

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I think this novel was well written and an easy read. I would like to purchase other novel Sigrid Nunez has written. I will also recommend this book to others.

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ClaudiaP

Nunez rocks.

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2016

Look, everyone, pay the hell attention to this writer. Here, for instance is a story pretty much untold. The traumatized nurse who served in Vietnam. Oh, with economic, cultural, and educational divides thrown in.

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