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Fire Road

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This is a fantastic book. Growing up in the 1970’s I remember seeing the picture of Kim Phuc as a child. The horror of that moment, however, was lost on me at the time. By the time I was old enough to understand Kim Phuc’s plight better, I had seen the photo so many times that it’s impact was not as great as it should have been.

I knew many Vietnamese refugees growing up in school and in our community. I had read about the Vietnam War and understood the facts and figures. I also knew that these people were in a hell-storm during the war.

But I did not truly understand the personal impact of living though that time in Vietnam until I read Fire Road. Kim Phuc tells the story of her life beginning with her childhood before the Viet Cong forced her family from their idyllic home. She describes her thoughts when the napalm was dropped in the temple that her family was using as a shelter, and she tells her story as she recovers from the burns and injuries she sustained.

I would recommend this book to any adult as well as mature teenagers. You will understand the plight of the bystanders in the war who struggled to maintain their lives. You will also realize the depths that Kim Phuc reached and how her faith in God gave her the strength to endure a lifetime of pain and eventually a path to forgiveness and love.

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