The General’s Daughter

About the Book

It is a family saga beginning during the Vietnam War. It is centered on the many hardships encountered by an American soldier and a North Vietnamese soldier, their eventual encounter/love affair, and their attempts to escape from the raging conflict. The help from family and friendly forces/entities plays a key part in their survival. The story line begins with Max, the husband of the heroine, Quyen, undergoing a dangerous operation to remove a bullet that lodged next to his spine twenty-five years ago during the Vietnam War. His granddaughter, Sarah, overhears her distraught grandmother say that she shot Max. This comment causes Sarah to pester continually the members of the family about what happened. The story slowly unfolds—the telling of Quyen’s work as a nurse in an underground hospital, the capture of Max, their love affair, doctoring the tribal people, having a baby, riding the gunship to Saigon, hiding in a convent, and eventually escaping to Hong Kong. Max gets separated from Quyen, is captured, and spends the rest of the war in a prison camp. Quyen sends a letter to Max’s sister, Elizabeth, telling her who she is and that Max is alive. This information startles Elizabeth, and she raises a ruckus with the military until they recognize Max is alive. Eventually Max and Quyen are reunited. The mystery of who shot Max remains a secret.

About the Author

Gerald Naber is a financial investor born and raised in rural Nebraska, near the town of Uehling. He enlisted in the army in 1963 and served for three years. He was stationed at Nha Trang, Vietnam for one Year. Gerald is married and lives with his wife America in Scottsdale, Arizona. He earned a degree from University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1971 and a Master degree from Wayland Baptist University in 1996.