The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon

The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon

â€œVery early in my life I became a self-appointed spy.â€

The Ignorance ofÂ Bliss tells the true story of ten-year-old Sandy, who moves with her American military family to Saigon, Vietnam where her father, the Colonel, serves as a military advisor to the South Vietnamese Army.

In 1960s Saigon, Sandy finds a world of crushing poverty and extraordinary beauty; a world of streets, villas, and brothels, where politics and intrigue reside between plot and counterplot. Blissfully living a life of French decadence, Sandy maneuvers between coups, spies, bombings, corruption, and scandal as she and her thirteen-year-old brother, Tom, run an illicit baby powder and Hershey bar business on the black market and live a life of school, scouts, dance parties, and movies at the underground theater.

When the Colonelâ€™s counterpart, Colonel Le Van Sam, delivers an expose on the current ruling Diem regime, Sandy finds that her constant spying on her fatherâ€™s activities has brought her face to face with the reality of Vietnam and the anti-American sentiment that pervades it. This coming-of age story takes place in a turbulent country striving for nationalism, giving the reader a stunning look into the life of military dependents living abroad and the underlying ignorance that surrounded a little understood time in history.
Country USA
Brand Post Hill Press
Manufacturer Post Hill Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2019-01-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781682617946

Country	USA
Brand	Post Hill Press
Manufacturer	Post Hill Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2019-01-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781682617946

The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon

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