Review: Bringing back memories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2011
I was given this book in exchange for a review of the story.This book starts out in the New York City area. The hero of the story,Tom Betz, has a disfunctional family and is into drugs during the beginning of the Vietnam War. He and his friends hang out and use drugs when Tom goes out with a friend on a deal that goes wrong. He runs and that messes him up more than ever. His dad either doesn't pay any attention to him or is yelling and running him down. He has a girlfriend Liz with her own off the wall family. Eventually he makes the choice to drop out of college and join up in the Air Force. When he has to leave for Basic Training the only ones who will miss him are Liz and his grandfather.The next part of his story is his making new friends in camp and being left behind when they get orders. When he finally gets his orders he ships out to Greece. I learned a bit about Greek history that I had forgotten or never knew.This was a good book. It took a bit to get going but then I couldn't wait to see what happpened next. I was hit with lots of my own memories of those days. I was in college then but never went into any of the Forces. It was nice to see how he grew up as he went along in the story. It was a quick drop at the end. I was expecting to read more. It would be nice to see a follow up book come along. I think this is a worthy read so give it a try.