A Matter of Betrayal

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Summary: Gripping Page Turner
Review: "Gripping page turner" I know is a cliche, but if its use were ever appropriate, it would be to describe A Matter of Betrayal. The care and attention to detail put into this book is evident throughout. The authors have mastered the true art form of generating strong reader emotion through their vibrant characters. I literally couldn't put the book down over the weekend I read it, choosing to forego all other activities! I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Vietnam and who prefers to read a well-rounded personal story of the era and the affect it had on the lives this war touched. This is not your standard one-dimensional, battle-filled account. Oh yes, and have a box of tissues nearby.

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Summary: What A Pleasant Suprise!
Review: "Gripping page turner" I know is a cliche, but if its use were ever appropriate, it would be to describe A Matter of Betrayal. The care and attention to detail put into this book is evident throughout. The authors have mastered the true art form of generating strong reader emotion through their vibrant characters. I literally couldn't put the book down over the weekend I read it, choosing to forego all other activities! I would highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Vietnam and who prefers to read a well-rounded personal story of the era and the affect it had on the lives this war touched. This is not your standard one-dimensional, battle-filled account. Oh yes, and have a box of tissues nearby.

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Summary: Great insight, a great, entertaining read
Review: A Matter of Betrayal was a great read. The author had you right in the middle of the action where your emotions could have gone in any number of directions. Well written, a pure pleasure to read, with a great ending.

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Summary: What A Pleasant Suprise!
Review: I picked up this novel just by sheer luck and was so glad that I did. It is excellent! A nice believable story, woven through some of our most conflicting times in recent history. Characters are well portrayed and story moves along very well.

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Summary: A Woman's View of Vietnam
Review: It was fascinating to view the Vietnam war from the perspective of a woman. She noticed details that soldiers' accounts often leave out. I was intrigued by the dynamic among the various characters, and the ending was a true surprise!

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Summary: FUN CULTURAL CRITIQUE
Review: Massman and Rosser have written about a time much written about, yet A MATTER OF BETRAYAL is utterly original, continually surprising and sure to challenge your conception of what the past represents, and how memory and nostalgia alters what's nightmarish and painful. You have yet to read such a challenging story. The characters live large, perhaps larger than many of us did during that time, yet the canvas they paint on tells the story of the American dream gone awry, of an entire culture's devastated idealism. The skewed values of some of the characters embody much of what is wrong with our country. While entertaining, this book offers a glimpse of something gone horribly, grotesquely wrong; and it hints as to the terrible consequences with which we must all as humans deal.

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Summary: An original, compelling, driving, well-crafted novel.
Review: Patti Massman and Susan Rosser have collaborated to write A Matter Of Betrayal, an outstanding and original novel of love, war, and country music. Jenny Mckay, the daughter of a four star general, is determined to leave behind her sheltered past for the front lines of the Vietnam War. Among the incomprehensible terrors of Vietnam, she unexpected finds something very true and wonderful, which is followed by terrible pain as the man she loves becomes a casualty of that confusing, horrific war. Upon her return to America she is betrayed by her best friend, the daughter of a colonel, and is disowned by her family. Forced underground to protect her daughter and her own identity, music becomes Jenny's tool for survival and the eventual way back to herself throughout the subsequent decades. A work of fiction, but inspired by true events, A Matter Of Betrayal is a compelling novel of superbly defined characters, an original and driving story that is both emotionally and intellectually involving.

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Summary: What A Great Story
Review: The characters and the plot were intriguing. I couldn't wait to turn the page to see what else happened. All of the characters were so clear to me that I could actually see them in my mind. I felt their happiness and sadness. The authors have written about a time in history that can finally be dealt with.They are being so honest about a history that has been hidden away. They have done it with style and grace.It's so refreshing to read new material.