Don't Break My Rice Bowl: A beautiful and gripping novel, highlighting the personal and tragic struggles faced during the Vietnam War, bringing the late author and his 'forgotten' manuscript to life - Softcover

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Don't Break My Rice Bowl begins with a letter from President Lyndon Johnson to the late author, giving Robert H. Dodd instant credibility as well as orientating the reader to the novel's moment in time and place. Robert was born in Northern England, emigrating to New York, USA when he was nine. As a graduate of Cornell University and marking the beginning of his illustrious career in international development, he was sent to Saigon as an agricultural expert, witnessing the Vietnam War from a US civilian vantage point. In 1987, he died unexpectedly in New York City. ---- There are three Don't Break My Rice Bowl collaborators. With Patricia and Justine Rykiel in the UK and Beth Jackson in the USA, they worked together across the miles - and time zones - to bring this 'forgotten' manuscript to life.

Patricia attended FDU's Florham campus (New Jersey) in the late 80s to early 90s, graduating summa cum laude. Her bachelor's degree major was Political Science. This was followed by a master's degree in Broadcast Journalism at UMD (Maryland). She worked as a computer trainer (Washington, DC) in the 1990s, and has been running her own technology consulting business the last 20 years. She was the UK voice of Avast the antivirus for a time - meaning, she knows how to say 'threat has been detected' with gusto! Patricia was also the creator (and voice) of a technology segment for a syndicated American radio show. She is wife to David and mum to Cameron and Justine. Patricia lived in the US for a year in 1984, and from 1987 to 2000; she moved back to the UK with her family in 2000.

Beth has a bachelor's degree from Miami U (Ohio) in International Studies, and master's degrees in Technical Writing (BGSU, Ohio); Special Education (UMaine); and Library & Information Science (USC, South Carolina). She has worked in research and editorial roles, but she most loved her 27 years as an educator in Blue Hill, Maine where she established the K-8 school library and worked with teachers and students to bring learning and an awareness of the larger world alive. She also played tenor in a community steel drum band for 25 years. She and her second husband Ross now live in Arizona where they miss sea kayaking and the Maine woods, but where they enjoy exploring the wonders of the desert and playing banjo and guitar together.