3003 Days of Mike & Me / And the Wars Between Us

<p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Amid 150000 people the author </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>re-meets an old schoolmate</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> at the </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dedication in Washington DC</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> and what unfolds is a </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>love story</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> between two </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>unlikely</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> people; </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Mike a veteran of 173</strong><sup style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)><strong>rd</strong></sup><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> Airborne Brigade </strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>and</span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> Ranger medic </strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>/ </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>LRRP</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> haunted by his time in service and </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Martha</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> a successful </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>NYC entrepreneur</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> and designer with a </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>client list of fashion superstars</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>. </span>Through their 3003-day journey Martha eloquently describes their <strong>effort to recover</strong> Mike's lost self as he is <strong>diagnosed with PTSD</strong> as well as her own <strong>recovery</strong> after the <strong>loss</strong> of <strong>their child poisoned by Agent Orange</strong>. Now Martha's clients are dying of <strong>AIDS</strong>. <span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Martha tells the story partly through </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Mike's letters</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> from the early romantic stages and after the couple is married when Mike </span><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>re-ups in t</strong><strong> he USArmy</strong>. Through their letters it becomes both of their stories <strong>A Double Memoir true story.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>