Z.O.S.
A Memoir
by Kay Merkel Boruff
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Pub Date 16 Aug 2018 | Archive Date 29 Sep 2018
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Description
Z.O.S. is a memoir about sex, blood, money, and the CIA in Southeast Asia. Kay Merkel Boruff tells the story from her perspective of wife and widow of an Air America pilot killed during covert operations in Laos. She takes the reader there as only one who has been there can. You experience the highs, understand the efforts to escape the constant fear of the dangerous reality these American heroes face daily, feel the anguish of her loss and the isolation of the “zone of silence” she is required to live in for the rest of her life.
Kay Merkel Boruff, as a teacher at The
Hockaday School 1973—2010, studies with Naomi Shihab Nye, Li-Young Lee, Tim
O’Brien, Madeleine L’Engle, and Robert Olen Butler. She unveils the Air America
Memorial at UTD with CIA Director William Colby. Armed with the philosophy carpe
diem, she attends Burning Man and climbs Wayna Picchu, chasing
another adventure in her “zone of silence.”
A Note From the Publisher
CIA, Air America, Vietnam War, Widow, PTSD, covert operations, carpe diem
Advance Praise
“Told in lyrical and vivid style that is at times dazzling in its specificity and intensity… Z.O.S. fills a gap in the story of our national experience in Viet Nam.” –C.W. Smith, author of Understanding Women
“From a rare and resonant point of view, Kay Merkel Boruff’s memoir offers an utterly compelling and smartly written tale of the Viet-Nam War and its aftermath. Z.O.S. is a necessary work for a full understanding of the human toll of those times.” —Robert Olen Butler Winner of the Pulitzer Prize A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
“Read this book if you want to encounter a
bold new voice!” –Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk, President of the Memnosyne Institue
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781684330928 |
| PRICE | US$18.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Cristie U, Book Trade Professional
The author did a stellar job of writing about the human toll of loss during the Vietnam War. The details in the writing made it easy to picture that time in history.
Ranger H, Educator
Utterly amazing. This is a one sitting book. I was amazed that this is not common knowledge or even known by anyone I talked to about it. The fact that it is written by the warrior widow makes the story even more real. This is incredible history stuff here that you will enjoy!
