A review by skinnypenguin
Rabid by Paul Doiron
3.0
An interesting quick read. Charley, a former game warden, asks Mike to stop with him while he delivers a package to a house way out at the end of a road in a very isolated spot. He says he is doing it for his wife. Mike asks what it is and who lives in the house and Charley proceeds to tell him the story.
The story Charley tells is about a Vietnam veteran who marries a Vietnamese woman and brings her to live in rural Maine. She is basically kept as a prisoner in the house and the man is suffering from PTSD plus drinks and takes drugs. It appears as if he is abusing her and their daughter and Charley's wife, Orla, attempts to help. Things don't end well and Orla & Charley feel guilty for how it turned out so they help out the woman in the present.
The story Charley tells is about a Vietnam veteran who marries a Vietnamese woman and brings her to live in rural Maine. She is basically kept as a prisoner in the house and the man is suffering from PTSD plus drinks and takes drugs. It appears as if he is abusing her and their daughter and Charley's wife, Orla, attempts to help. Things don't end well and Orla & Charley feel guilty for how it turned out so they help out the woman in the present.