John C Nash "Myself a Phoenix" PDF

“You only live once” is a well-worn phrase, and usually true. Except a few souls, out of a mix of desperation and courage, and willing to take risks in a time of chaos, sometimes get to live more than one life. The difficulty, of course, is that the transformation is built on secrets and lies, and finding the resources to do the reconstruction is fraught with problems. Doing so in wartime gives a means to destroy the old life, but the new one is then complicated by regulations, rationing and even romance.