message from nam
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As a journalist, Paxton Andrews experienced Vietnam firsthand. The historical romance all starts in Savannah. The setting changes when Paxton gets accepted to college in Berkeley. Thought the ongoing years Paxton travels to work in Saigon. For soldiers she knew and met there, Viet Nam would change their lives in ways they could never have imagined. For the men in her life, Viet Nam would change their lives in ways they could not escape or deny.
The book A message from Nam, begins with a young blonde girl named Paxton Andrews, goes to Viet Nam in search of answers as to why her fianc Peter Wilson was killed in battle. There she meets a married young man named Bill Quinn. They fall in love with each other and spend about a year with each other. Then, one day, Bill was checking out a Viet Cong tunnel when he was shot and killed...