Message from Nam
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| 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 | Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). |
| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]The book was described by Publishers Weekly as an "audacious and ill-conceived departure from her usual glitzy settings".
Film adaptation
[edit | edit source]The novel was adapted into a television film, directed by Paul Wendkos, that was broadcast on NBC on October 17, 1993.[citation needed]
References
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- 1990 American novels
- American romance novels
- Novels by Danielle Steel
- American novels adapted into films
- Novels about journalists
- Novels set in Vietnam
- Novels set during the Vietnam War
- American novels adapted into television shows
- Delacorte Press books
- 1990s novel stubs
- Romance novel stubs
- 1990s war novel stubs
- Vietnam War stubs
- Cold War novel stubs