Monsoon

Summary: "Sandy Donaldson has been working in Vietnam for the past four years. As her contract nears it end, she is reluctant to leave and invites her friend, Anna, for a holiday. Both girls have unexplored links to this country. Sandy's father is a Vietnam vet and Anna's mother was a Vietnamese boat person. During their travels, they meet Tom, an Australian journalist who covered the war and plans to report on the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan. It is Tom who tries to persuade Sandy's father to return to Long Tan and settle the ghosts that have haunted him for forty years, and who suggests that Anna should delve into her mother's past. But the girls are reluctant, swept up in their own concerns, relationships, and a business deal that has the potential to go horribly wrong. However, it is a near-blind Buddhist nun who might hold the key."