When young Pete Solstad gets shipped off to Korea, compliments of the US Army in the late 1960s, he has no idea that he's about to meet the woman who will direct the course of the rest of his life.
Incredibly beautiful and cruelly abandoned by another American serviceman, Miss Kim Chun Cha captures Pete's heart from their very first encounter. Though her behavior is often capricious and erratic, Pete determines to marry despite the objections of the US Army.
As Pete goes through the process of adjusting to life in Korea, his relationship with Chun Cha grows and changes. But despite their love and commitment to each other, trouble brews as symptoms of Chun Cha's mental illness become more pronounced.
An intimate look into a bicultural marriage set in the context of the US Army, The Girl in the White Hat provides an accurate and important depiction of military life, mental illness, and cross-cultural divides that will fascinate history buffs, expatriates, and men and women who have served in the military.
About the Author: Pete Solstad is a writer, publisher, and business development consultant who served worldwide as a United States Army Signal Officer from 1968 until 1988. Throughout his career, he also served as a civilian executive Air Force program manager at the Department of the Air Force in Washington, DC, and as branch and division chief of the resources division for the Pacific Air Forces Directorate of Communication and Information.
Solstad and his partner formed DSIS Corporation in Hawaii in 2001, a company that employed over 120 people for more than a decade.
