false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170890317m/76339.jpg 76339 4 Another casualty of the Vietnam War, Danielle Trussoni has told her story in <i>Falling Through the Earth</i> with bravado, pride, sadness, and candor. Her father, Daniel, served as a tunnel rat, one of the incredibly brave men who went into the webs of tunnels and rooms searching for Vietnamese guerillas hiding out underground. The heat and stench, the courage combined with fear, the claustrophobic confinement, and the incessant tension are recounted with an immediacy that only one who has been there, or knows someone who has, could tell. In fact, Danielle Trussoni went to Vietnam and was guided through the tunnels, trying to follow, literally, in her father's footsteps. Alternating chapters tell of her father's time in Vietnam, her own journey there, and their messy lives--starting with the divorce and continuing until her adulthood. Family secrets are revealed; Danielle realizes that her mother was not the only person at fault in the breakup of the marriage and that her defense of her father was not always appropriate. <p> She is finally able to say, after writing him a letter outlining her grievances, "I wanted you to know I was hurt by the way I grew up. ...I wanted you to know how hard I've tried to get through to you, how much work it has been for me." There has never been a daughter more loyal than Danielle Trussoni. <I>--Valerie Ryan</I> 535788 2006 Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir total:257|5:41|4:105|3:82|2:25|1:4| 257 925 417 64 0 2 false false Thu Jun 14 13:21:15 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 13:26:24 -0700 2007

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FALLING THROUGH THE EARTH
A Memoir.
By Danielle Trussoni. Henry Holt & Company, $23.
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