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|  | | The Wind Whispers War The Wind Whispers War is the first in a Vietnam Era series involving the lives of everyday people. Learn the era's slang, pop culture and current events as the fictional characters come to life. You will laugh, you'll cry and you will want more...
The early 1960's... America had elected the youngest President in U.S. history. "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" was the challenge issued to young and old alike. Nightly news brought rioting and violence into our homes, either supporting or opposing Black civil rights. Through the miracle of television, taped footage showed our President being killed, then TV broadcast it's first live murder days later. The peanut butter and jelly sandwich days of the 1950's were gone forever. World events, and pop culture had repercussions on | |  | | War Written Words Letters between a soldier and his wife back home during the Vietnam War.
Brother against Brother, brings to mind the War Between the States. World War One, was called the War to End All Wars, and the Great War, until the Big One. World War Two. The Forgotten War? Korea. Yet, never to be forgotten is Viet Nam, the Hated War. In spite of cries for peace and love, Viet Nam became the war fought in living rooms across America. The mid 1960's saw the beginning of changes in attitudes that would trigger social unrest. Two people, one love, separated by time and distance with a despised war on one side, and growing protests to make love, not war on the other. The epist | |  | | Welcome... With Wrath This novel contains many experiences of Nam Vets about their time in service, and their reception coming home.
By the late 1960's. The challenge that invigorated early attitudes, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", seemed to have been long forgotten. Letters from Nam, returning soldiers, and a war that appeared to have no end, had shifted public opinion. "Hell No! We Won't Go!" was the reply by the end of the decade. Music would swing from doo wop to acid rock. Hair grew from duck tails, to mop tops, ratted and teased, to flowers and beads. This novel is about relationships between people, and the effect that pop culture, and historic | |  | | Well Worth the Wait the awaited conclusion of the Wind Whispers War series
Tomorrow they would be together forever... Tomorrow came, binding two hearts, sharing one love... forever. The endearing cast of characters triumph through a series of obstacles ranging from ghosts out of the past, to events no one saw coming. Facing life head on, united through happiness and hardship, the Madison's know that the past can not be changed, however the future is being built together, one precious day at a time. This is the final book in the series about the lives of fictional characters Jeff Madison, and the love of his life, Beth. They met long ago in Florida. In the fi | |  | | What Went Wrong? the fourth in a series of six novels that begin in the Vietnam era
Following em>The Wind Whispers War, War Written Words, /em>andem> Welcome… With Wrath, /em>kgcummings continues the sagaem> /em>with her newest novel, i>What Went Wrong?/i> As one reads the first book in the second trilogy involving fictional Jeff and Beth Madison, one soon realizes that they are reading about ordinary everyday people. Yet, the story line, and characters continue to captivate. The years this novel covers are referred to by many from the Vietnam era as, "the silent years". The men couldn’t, or wouldn’t talk about the war, w | |  | | Wine, Women and Worries Book Five
div>font size="4">font size="4">The 1980's... big hair, big dreams, big business, big breakthroughs for the veterans of the Hated War, Vietnam. While "Yuppies" were caught up in acquiring expensive__, bigger__, designer__, imported__, the American Psychiatric Association recognized PTSD, and the U.S. Government accepted that nightmares, and flashbacks were war related. Treatment was made available, however not before many more lives were lost whose names would never be on the Wall. Sadly, we will say good-bye to some of the characters in this serie |
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Dark September
by Brendan O'Brien
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Autumn 1940. Germany invades Britain. Newport is blitzed. Danny O’Shea’s house is bombed, his wife is killed. While taking his young son Adam to neutral Ireland, they witness an attack on a German convoy. The result is brutal. |
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