The legacy that Vietnam leftSUPPLIED Carole Brungar is about to launch her novel, The Nam Legacy. A fascination with the 60s and the Vietnam War was the starting point for a novel written by Foxton-born author Carole Brungar. Brungar's novel The Nam Legacy is a love story combining themes of rural New Zealand, the war, and something Brungar feels needs to be openly discussed – post-traumatic stress disorder. "While researching for The Nam Legacy I discovered there are a lot of veterans suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder and that many of the soldiers struggle daily with the inability to hold down a job, concentrate and cope with depression." Brungar won the international Romance Writers of America California Dreamin' Hooker Competition for the best opening hook with the first chapter of The Nam Legacy.

Source: Stuff July 03, 2017 00:45 UTC