Bangkok During the Vietnam War: Daria Sommers on the Setting of Sawadika American Girl

By Daria Sommers

We’re grateful to Aspects of History for allowing this re-post of Daria’s article about the history behind her novel. The piece first appeared on the Aspects of History website.

I’m frequently asked how much of my novel Sawadika American Girl is drawn from real life. A work of historical fiction, it is the story of a 17-year-old American woman coming-of-age in 1968…