C.B. Skelton Shares Gripping Life Story of a Vietnamese Peasant in a Memoir

“A Simple Seller of Noodles” by C.B. Skelton recounts the scintillating story of a refugee who faced and overcame huge adversities, beginning with attempted infanticide. Born the son of a hated Vietnamese peasant and a more hated occupying Japanese soldier, SamSan grew up to become a tour-guide for the Royal family’s tourist service and a highly-sought-after interpreter for the Cambodian and US military. Having later reached his pinnacle of success as personal assistant to the US Air Attaché, he was arrested by the Cambodian government on treason charges when the Air Attaché was recalled. SamSan was released from prison by the Khmer Rouge when they captured Phnom Penh, only to be forced immediately into the infamous “Death-March.” Forcefully separated from family, SamSan endured four years of serf labor under the Khmer Rouge rule before he escaped and eventually secured freedom, first in Thailand, and later, in the United States.

Skelton’s biography on SamSan painfully yet wonderfully shares a gripping and moving story of a man who perseveres to overcome the hardships of life. Skelton, through SamSan’s biography, delivers a powerful message as well as valuable lessons to the readers. Truly, the book is worth having and indulging into.
 
“A Simple Seller of Noodles” will soon be displayed in the upcoming 2018 GIBF happening on November 24 to December 2, 2018.
 
To read more on Skelton’s work, head over to the following links. Copies are available at ReadersMagnet (http://bookstore.readersmagnet.com/product/simple-seller-noodles-dr-cb-skelton/) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Seller-Noodles-Dr-Skelton/dp/1613467192).
 
The author’s website http://www.docsbooksandpoetry.com is also available for readers to visit.
 
A Simple Seller of Noodles
Written by C.B. Skelton
Published by ReadersMagnet LLC
Published date November 28, 2017
Paperback price $13.16
 
About the author
CB Skeleton is an avowed Christian nonagenarian and a World War II veteran. He is a retired family physicianr who served more than 42 years in Winder, Georgia. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1926. Before reaching the age of 16, he graduated from Russell High School in East Point, Georgia and worked his way through his AB degree at Mercer University before joining the military at 18. He was selected for Officer Candidate School and trained for duty as an infantry officer in the planned invasion of Japan. After serving the army, he enrolled in The Emory University School of Medicine and completed medical school in 1951. While in medical school, he married Nora Louisa Hart and they were blessed with five girls. After Nora’s death in 1988, he married Penny Morris, a widowed mother of two. Together they claim 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. During the last three years of his medical practice, he began to write a column for The Barrow Eagle which run for five years; then he went on to write for The Barrow County News. He has published more than 1000 columns and his works have been acclaimed by many. The 2018 Foxfire book carries a ten-page section that features Dr. Skelton as a storyteller. He is the proud author of “Fil-Osophy/Phool-Osophy,” “Dirty Laundry Don‘t Take No Doctor‘s Orders,” “Rhyme for all Seasons”  and “A Simple Seller of Noodles.”

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