Message from Nam

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Summary: Nam-by pamby
Review: Well, I'm not a veteran and don't much enjoy reading romances, so this offering had little of interest, but some: it was interesting to re-live those decades of the sixties and seventies, through this book. And there is something to learn here about the war in Viet Nam, as some others on this website have indicated. The protagonists, Paxton and her first lover, Peter, who dies from "friendly fire" 5 days after being sent over to "Nam," seem somewhat extraordinary, but who's to say a romance has to be realistic? Even one having to do with a war? I enjoyed the book most when Paxton finally got to Viet Nam as a reporter. Those episodes did help me to understand the war better. The love scenes are not that elucidating, nor did they touch my emotions. Diximus.