"Like a dog in the street," Aziz said and spat at the curb. "Like a common dog." That was the assessment of what life would be like in American for his daughter if she married Si. Three months later they were married at the American embassy in Siagon. The year is 1987 and Simon Hayes, who never came home from the war in Vietnam, has returned to Seattle with his wife and teenage son. His father, John, is on his death bed and wants to see Si before he crosses over. There were many reasons for Si's self-imposed exile; most of them involve having to fight a war he eventually lost the ability to...