A Year in Saigon: How I Gave Up My Glitzy Job in Television to Have the Time of My Life Teaching Amerasian Kids in VietnamIn a touching, compelling, and often hilarious memoir, former television celebrity Katie Kelly (a regular on the Today Show) shares the experience of giving up the good life to teach English to unrecognized victims of the Vietnam War--Amerasian children. 8 pages of photographs. |
Contents
Remembering Vietnam | 11 |
Return to Saigon | 24 |
It All Begins | 46 |
Copyright | |
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