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challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
It never occurred to me that women would be erased from the Vietnam War because my mother was a nurse there. She was the head of her MASH unit and collected a pension for her service until she died. I guess the difference for her was that she served in the South Korean army. So this book evoked in me pride for her service, questions about her, sadness that we never really talked about, and sadness and shock over how the US nurses were treated (who did they think were doing all the nursing duties at a time when male nurses were so rare?????). A full circle story. A couple of loose ends tied too nearly for me but otherwise, an excellent telling.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Miscarriage, Cancer, Infidelity, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Self harm, War, Colonisation, Death, Body shaming, Addiction, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Forced institutionalization
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