The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty

Written by Ellen Emerson White

Part of the My Name is America series

A marine fights in Vietnam while his sister battles for peace at home.

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192 pages· 37,769 words· Est. 4 hour read· 900L

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A young marine faces unseen enemies in Vietnam, while his sister fights for peace on American soil. Through their diaries, they reveal the personal toll of a war that divides a nation. As he struggles with the chaos of combat, she joins protests, determined to bring him home. Will their efforts bridge the distance between them, or will the war tear them apart? This poignant tale captures the turmoil of a divided America, offering a glimpse into the lives of those caught between duty and conscience during a tumultuous era.

From the publisher

The brother of an anti-war demonstrator, a young marine is fighting a war no one understands while his sister is fighting on the home front to end the war in Vietnam and bring her brother home. An agonizing dilemma plagues these brother-sister diarists. He is a Marine stationed in Vietnam. She is at home in America, far away from her brother’s war zone, fighting for peace. As the marine writes in his journal about his experiences as a soldier, fighting an enemy he can’t see, his siter seeks peace. In these gripping installments of DEAR AMERICA and MY NAME IS AMERICA, Ellen Emerson White captures the unique time period when America was at war both in a far-off place, and at home where adults and children alike marched in the streets for peace and freedo. Poignant and comlex, these two characters will give readers glimpse into perhaps the most tumultuous time in modern American history.

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