A Hundred Years of Happiness: A Fable of Life After War (Christian Fiction Series)

Seitz, Nicole

ISBN 10: 1602854319 ISBN 13: 9781602854314

Publisher: Center Point Pub, 2009

Synopsis

It's been forty years since the war, and John Porter -- now a wealthy builder in South Carolina -- is feeling the past nip at his heels. When he relays his recent terrifying confrontation with "the enemy" from long ago to his daughter, she takes it upon herself to help him deal with his scars.

Fifty miles north of Georgetown, a fry cook named Lisa Le is trying desperately to connect with her Vietnamese mother. But secrets from the past stand between mother and daughter -- and Lisa simply doesn't know how to proceed. Each of these souls is help captive -- until a modern-day land mine sets off a strong series of events that will unite them all.

About this title

About the Author:

Nicole Seitz weaves enchanting tales of redemption filled with unforgettable characters and a refreshing Southern voice. She lives near Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband and two children. Twitter @nicoleseitz, facebook.com/pages/Nicole-Seitz/121816365611?ref=nf

From Publishers Weekly:

Seitz (The Spirit of Sweetgrass) focuses on two families irrevocably changed by the Vietnam War in her latest Lowcountry saga. All Lisa Le knows of her father is that he was an American soldier who died in Vietnam, before Lisa's Vietnamese mother and uncle moved to America, and that her mother continues to mourn him in their Georgetown, S.C., home. John Porter, of Charleston, is a veteran haunted by his past. His daughter, happily married Katherine, hopes to help by taking him to a veterans' event, but instead sets in motion a chain of events that will bring the two families crashing together. Seitz deftly shifts perspective among Lisa, Katherine, John and a koi fish in Vietnam who was once an American soldier named Ernest, giving her familiar themes—posttraumatic stress disorder, adjusting to civilian life, survivor's guilt, smalltown Southern living, aging, the quest to belong—sensitive and original treatment. For anyone touched by war, this tale of life after wartime should resonate strongly. (Mar.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Center Point Pub
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1602854319
• ISBN 13: 9781602854314
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 367