Not just tears. It broke me up.
Maybe it was just the day, or my mood, which seemed just fine before. I guess the fact that this story could move me so deeply is a good sign that I haven't lost a sense of empathy yet. But it is a Most Emailed story on the NPR site, so others must be having the same response too.
It's a Vietnamese diary found from the Vietnam War, and it's being compared to The Diary of Anne Frank. It's a bestseller in Vietnam, and should be coming out in the U.S. next year. Watch for it, called "Last Night I Dreamed of Peace."
Don't just read the link. Listen to it. The very last diary entry that ends the piece is where I just lost it.
Link: NPR : A Wartime Diary Touches Vietnamese.
A Wartime Diary Touches Vietnamese
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Dang Thuy Tram, seen in an undated photo, began writing her diary shortly after arriving in Quang Ngai, fresh out of medical school, to care for wounded Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers. Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University
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The Diary's U.S. Publication
The diary of Dang Thuy Tram is scheduled to be published in September 2007 under the title Last Night I Dreamed of Peace. It's being translated by Andrew Pham and Thong Van Pham, with an introduction by Frances Fitzgerald. The publisher is Harmony Books, a unit of Random House.
All Things Considered, November 15, 2006 · President Bush travels to Vietnam this week for a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. He's the second U.S. president to visit communist Vietnam since the war ended in 1975.
In Vietnam, the publication of a wartime diary written by an idealistic young doctor has captured the imagination of readers, and become a runaway best-seller. The diary of Dang Thuy Tram was rescued from destruction by an American soldier.
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