Equinox and Eclipse

I am already dreading the eclipse. I am awed by it, of course. Awed that ...

"You will hurt," the review promised. ...

Summer. Not my best season.

While most people are thrilled with sunshine and heat and energetic Outdoor Activities, I just want to find my cave where I can sit by lamplight with a pot of tea and a good book. And a nice plate of pastries. And—a concept I came upon recently—an emotional support dragon.

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Two high school classmates take very different paths to negotiate the war that marked their coming of age. Decades later they reconnect, learn to listen to one another’s story. They travel in space and time to the Vietnam of their memories and seek to reconcile both with the reality of today.

SEEKING QUAN AM
A DUAL MEMOIR OF WAR AND VIETNAM

 

by Susan R. Dixon and Mark M. Smith