Message from Nam

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Message From Nam
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First edition
Author Danielle Steel
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Romance novel
Publisher Delacorte Press
Publication date
1990
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages480 pp
ISBN 0-440-20941-2
OCLC 23669680

Message from Nam is a romantic novel, written by American Danielle Steel and published by Dell Publishing in October 1990. It is Steel's 26th novel.

Contents

Plot

The novel follows Paxton Andrews, who is stationed in Vietnam as a journalist during the Vietnam War, focusing on the men she encounters and how her life and the lives of the people she encounters are changed forever.

Andrews has been heartbroken many times, having lost her father, two lovers, and a nanny to whom she was close. These tragedies have left her hopeless and despairing, but by going to Saigon for a third time she finds a love that will not fade away. [1]

Reception

The book was described by Publishers Weekly to be an "audacious and ill-conceived departure from her usual glitzy settings". [2]

Film adaptation

The novel was adapted into a television film, directed by Paul Wendkos, that was broadcast on NBC on October 17, 1993.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Danielle Steel (1991-04-02). Message from Nam. Dell Publishing. ISBN   978-0-440-20941-6.
  2. Publishers weekly, Amazon.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-23