Jo Moore

Adobe Dreams Jo Moore

Set in the shadow of Taos Mountain, ADOBE DREAMS is the politically charged tale that explores the validity of war, the destruction of our planet, the omnipotence of love. A story of coming of age in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. http://jomoorefiction.com "The significant metaphor this novel addresses is the domestic collateral damages wars create stateside--domestic carnage to families who lose loved ones, who will be forever waiting for their loved ones to return. Loved ones who never return from war, or if they do, they are forever changed. Not just soldiers die in war. A mother becomes lost, irretrievable after the loss of her loved one in the Vietnam War. With a son to raise as a single parent, she never recovers. These are the numbers that are never counted among victims of war. They are just as significant. My intention was to write a serious story that brings awareness, compassion to their plight, to draw a straight line between the Gulf of Tonkin and Taos, NM"