A Hole In My Heart

About the Book

At age 21 after nursing school in Bangkok, I met an impossibly handsome American GI who taught English to a group of nurses. We quickly fell in love, but it was unrequited. When he asked me to marry him, I could not answer, torn between my strict upbringing and my new and confusing desires. Soon thereafter my true love was gone, sent back to the United States completing his tour of duty in Thailand. Within a few months I received a letter from Freddie's friend John, who wrote that Freddie, the man I loved was getting married. The news devastated me and left me feeling empty and incomplete. A part of me had been torn away and I was left with a hole in my heart. Over the course of the next 40 years I wanted to mend that part of me and heal my heart. The only way was to find Freddie and tell him how I truly felt. If I died without finding Freddie I felt I would leave this earth with my eyes open and die with a hole in my heart.

About the Author

Growing up in a small village in Thailand, Chution always had big dreams. From the time she was a little girl she imagined great accomplishments and amazing adventures she was certain awaited her. After 17 successful years in the nursing profession and becoming a head nurse, she moved into the business world building four successful Thai restaurants and several commercial real estate buildings. She made her dreams become reality through hard work and determination. The city of Chicago was her destination in the early 1970s and it remains her home today where she continues to work seven days a week.