tom allen

listening works for me and gives me a richer picture of a story like this

the development of the story spanned the entire lifetime progression of this real person. it allowed the reader/listener some feelings without overwhelming the story with any unrealistic perspectives relating to these unrealistic circumstances. my imagination was easily able to fit between the details in the story. it was discreetly graphic to a polite cautious unoffensive extent while still exposing horrific events. it was devoid of arrogance or ego and allowed the instinct to survive ring throughout.

his wonderful voice contributed to letting the story come thru without being monotone and delivering a thrilling involvement for the reader/listener the full flavor of the author's story for our surviving hero.

I was humbled with the endurance that person can be capable of surviving. I was sorrowed by the lasting physiological affects these experiences have on people then joyed by the redemption one acquires with maturity.

the motivations for and in war may never be completely understood. someday we may abandoned this as a human endeavor. the darkness of what evil resides within people under such circumstances goes beyond imagination.