Falling through the earth
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Danielle Trussoni
Edition: 1st Picador ed.
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780312426569; 9780805077322
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Mental health; Veterans; Family; Biography
Description: From her father, Danielle Trussoni learned rock 'n' roll, how to avoid the cops, and never to shy away from a fight. Growing up, she was fascinated by stories of his adventures as a tunnel rat in Vietnam, where he risked his life crawling into holes to search for American POWs. Ultimately, Danielle came to believe that when the man she adored drank too much, beat up strangers, or mistreated her mother, it was because the horror of those tunnels still lived inside him. Eventually her mom gave up and left, taking all the kids except one. When everyone else washed their hands of Dan Trussoni, Danielle would not.  -- back cover.