Fourth Uncle in the Mountain: The Remarkable Legacy of a Buddhist Itinerant Doctor in Vietnam

This memoir, a reprint from 2004, is a recounting of Nguyen's story as an orphan and how he was adopted by a monk in Vietnam. It recounts how they dealt with the Vietnam holocaust, fleeing into the jungle, and how his father raised him in the tradition of ancient medicine. There is no index. Nguyen practices traditional medicine in the US. Pivar is a Shiatsu therapist in the field of alternative medicine and was inspired by Nguyen's story after he saved her son's life. Annotation 2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)