On Dangerous Ground
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A gripping and dangerous voyage of discovery for a mother and daughter in Vietnam. It s devastating enough when Pru s husband confesses to a long term affair over what should have been a romantic dinner to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. Then when her daughter, Molly, announces she s leaving for Vietnam on a Gap Year project, Pru knows her comfortable family life is over for good. Just as she s picking up the pieces, an email brings news that Molly has become involved with a group of political activists and could be in serious danger. Arriving in this beautiful but alien land, Pru embarks on a desperate search for her recalcitrant daughter. Totally out of her depth, she meets Ben, a veteran of the US war. He s intelligent, funny, handsome, but damaged. Still haunted by the atrocities of that conflict nearly thirty years ago, he s never been able to let go of the country and the gentle people who inhabit it. Together they tackle corrupt police, greedy property dealers and a ruthless local party cadre; and when eventually Pru finds her daughter, she also discovers an inner strength she never knew she had.
Author: Sue Cook
Format: Paperback, 352 pages, 154mm x 26mm, 459 g
Published: 2006, Headline Publishing Group, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
A gripping and dangerous voyage of discovery for a mother and daughter in Vietnam. It s devastating enough when Pru s husband confesses to a long term affair over what should have been a romantic dinner to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. Then when her daughter, Molly, announces she s leaving for Vietnam on a Gap Year project, Pru knows her comfortable family life is over for good. Just as she s picking up the pieces, an email brings news that Molly has become involved with a group of political activists and could be in serious danger. Arriving in this beautiful but alien land, Pru embarks on a desperate search for her recalcitrant daughter. Totally out of her depth, she meets Ben, a veteran of the US war. He s intelligent, funny, handsome, but damaged. Still haunted by the atrocities of that conflict nearly thirty years ago, he s never been able to let go of the country and the gentle people who inhabit it. Together they tackle corrupt police, greedy property dealers and a ruthless local party cadre; and when eventually Pru finds her daughter, she also discovers an inner strength she never knew she had.
On Dangerous Ground