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Holding Harrison  
   

Holding Harrison

I go through each page of my journal, Nguyen stops me at the page of photos of Harrison, he holds them tightly in his hand and lights up at the pictures of Rach's happy family in Coff's Harbor
Meeting Nguyen

April 5th 2008
Before last Saturday, we knew nothing of the boy living around the corner in the center of town. Meeting Nguyen (pronounced NEW-in), age 29, shook both me and Karen. It’s not exactly certain what has happened to Nguyen, how, or when it happened. Western doctors Josh and John assess that a combination of encephalitis at the age of 18 (virus in the brain), a motorbike injury, head trauma, broken ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Quảng Nam » Hoi An

Vietnamese Flag The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
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