A Different Light: The Vietnam War from a Woman's Point of View - Couverture rigide

Thomas, Jennifer

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1453505261 ISBN 13 : 9781453505267

Editeur : Xlibris Corporation, 2010

Synopsis

A Different Light est un roman à la première personne écrit à partir des pages du journal des auteurs lors de sa tournée de service à Da Nang, au Vietnam, d'octobre 1967 à octobre 1968. Embauchée par la Croix-Rouge, elle a travaillé sur la III Marine Amphibious Force, quartiers généraux des première et troisième divisions maritimes. Là, elle a livré des centaines de messages de mort et de catastrophe et était disponible 24h/24 et 7j/7 pour un soutien émotionnel pendant une guerre que personne ne comprenait. De longues heures au travail et l'exposition à la laideur de la guerre à son apogée se sont avérées coûteuses pour son endurance et sa compassion. Elle a vu la mort, la décomposition, la beauté et la nouveauté, premier amour et haine, et émerveillée des extrêmes tous vécu.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

A Different Light is a first-person novel written from the pages of the author's diary during her year's tour of duty in DaNang, So.Vietnam from October 1967 to October 1968. Hired by the Red Cross, she worked on the III Marine Amphibious Force, headquarters for the First and Third Marine Divisions. There she delivered hundreds of death and disaster messages as well as being available 24/7 for emotional support during a war no one understood. Long hours at work and exposure to the War's ugliness at its height proved to be costly on her stamina and compassion. She saw death, decay, beauty and newness, first love and hate, and marveled at the extremes all lived under. She witnessed survival tactics used by civilians, the military and even herself in a thankless, unappreciated, poorly run and ultimately, forsaken war. Everyone was confused by the War's politics, lack of emotional support from home, the inability to get ahead and the ultimate sacrifices so many gave for what was thought as 'Freedom for the Oppressed'. It was time to grow up. Jenny was born in Southern California in 1944. Life was normal for her and her two brothers but when her mother died when Jenny was 3 yrs old, life became bleak at the hands of the "wicked stepmother of the West". Graduation from Hi School in 1962, college in 1966 with a Sociology degree, Jenny volunteered to work as a counselor and bookkeeper for the Red Cross. She spent six months in Southern California, a year in Vietnam, 9 months in San Francisco, two years in Germany and finally back to work on a Naval Base in the Pacific Northwest. Here she found love for the beautiful ever-green countryside, the marine atmosphere of Puget Sound and a Navy man. Now married for 38 years, she has three handsome sons, three beautiful daughters-inlaw and three adorable grandchildren. Jenny loves her family, horses, fishing, boating, the mountains and the saltwater. She remains active in her community by selling re

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Xlibris Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1453505261
• ISBN 13: 9781453505267
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 348
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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