Drawing on a childhood spent in 1960s Bangkok, a new novel blends fictional characters and plot with authentic people, places and experiences to recreate life for American families based in Thailand during the conflict.
I’m frequently asked how much of my novel Sawadika American Girl is drawn from real life. A work of historical fiction, it is the story of a 17-year-old American woman coming-of-age in 1968 Thailand when the country served as a major US military outpost for America’s...