Cry of a Mother is about a mother being torn away from her family by a traumatic situation, and how she struggles to stay alive. In 1970 during the Vietnam War, Sue Ann lived in Bangkok, Thailand with her Air Force husband and two sons. She left one day to go to the commissary and disappeared, taking a heavy toll on her family. She tried to survive with the help of another mother, Tangus, who was a Thai and spoke little English. With her newfound friend, they used their life experiences to get through terrible situations. With missiles surrounding her, she was struggling to live and fighting thoughts about what was happening to her family. When Sue Ann thought that she was safe, she only found herself facing another wrenching life or death situation: fires and war tearing families apart, storm tossed waves, ripping children from their mother's arms, and barbaric gangs. Was she kidnapped by human traffickers, or killed by drug runners? Did Sue Ann survive and make it back to Bangkok to find her family, or was her family lost to her? There seemed no end to her tragedies.