Message from Nam

Message From Nam

First edition
Author	Danielle Steel
Language	English
Genre	Romance novel
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Publication date	1990
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	480 pp
ISBN	0-440-20941-2
OCLC	23669680

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

Plot

The novel follows Paxton Andrews, who is stationed in Vietnam as a journalist during the Vietnam War, focusing on 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 as an "audacious and ill-conceived departure from her usual glitzy settings".^{[ citation needed ]}

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 ]}

References

1. Danielle Steel (April 2, 1991). Message from Nam. Dell Publishing. ISBN   978-0-440-20941-6.