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Prelude to Reveille: A Vietnam Awakening
by
S.D. Sawyer (Goodreads Author)
Lt. Tom Barrington believed going to war in Vietnam might be the hardest thing he'd ever be called upon to do. Maybe it wasn't. Maybe coming home was. This emotionally raw novel mines America's chilling response to returning soldiers like Tom, and the devastating aftermath of the shunning they endured on what they presumed was safe soil.
In 1967, newlyweds Tom and Meg repor...more
In 1967, newlyweds Tom and Meg repor...more
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Published
October 7th 2011
by Createspace
(first published 2011)
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Nov 13, 2011
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This was a great read. The author provided insight to something I knew nothing about but had always wondered. This author shows what it was like for the person returning from the Vietnam War. She even shows what it was like for the family members of the person returning. This book was a little bit of a tearjerker for me. But it was well worth reading for everything the author showed and talked about. This is a well written novel. I praise the...more
This was a great read. The author provided insight to something I knew nothing about but had always wondered. This author shows what it was like for the person returning from the Vietnam War. She even shows what it was like for the family members of the person returning. This book was a little bit of a tearjerker for me. But it was well worth reading for everything the author showed and talked about. This is a well written novel. I praise the...more
I was an Army wife in 1967-1970 and this book is exactly right. It gave me "butterflies in my stomach" all over again. These soldier and their families deserve much more respect and gratitude than they received. It's still not too late to thank them!! If you never read another book about military families during the Vietnam era, you must read this one.
The Vietnam War hits home as a young woman marries an army 1st. Lt. Written from a wife and mother's perspective, it covers the time before, during and after deployment. A stark picture of the similarity and differences to conditions today.
What an insight to our Viet Nam soldiers' lives, personal and military. Well done.
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This book gives me awhile new insight into the struggles of returning soldiers. America should be ashamed of the way these men and women were treated after sacrificing their time and sometimes health, if not their life for their country. Unfortunately another black mark on the history of a very great country.
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A retired secondary teacher and writer, S.D. Sawyer's poetry began appearing in national literary magazines over 15 years ago. Because the Waiting Wife experience during the Vietnam War was such a defining time in her life, it became the focus of this, her first novel. In it, she recalls and shares events and feelings she, her husband, family and friends faced during this difficult period in Ameri...more
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