"These memoir pieces collectively read like a novel, and the reader will be hard-pressed to 'eat just one.' Leblang does an excellent job of sharing with us his falls, his rises, and his subsequent falls as he seeks to eke out a place in this thing called life. What emerges is a highly satisfying portrait of a boy becoming a man becoming an adult , navigating the outrageous slings and arrows life tosses his way--it is, in short, the story of us all, told with astonishing intimacy."
J. G. Hayes, author of This Thing Called Boston
"Milkweed is one of the rare stories about the Vietnam War that tell the tale of the women who wait for their young men to return from the battlefield ... Berrini has crafted a fine story that will stay with the reader long after the final words are read."
Judah Leblang is a Medford based writer and storyteller, who grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. His essays and commentaries have been broadcast on National Public Radio stations around the US, and published in various newspapers and magazines in Boston and Cleveland. His column, "Life in the Slow Lane," appears regularly in Bay Windows.
Deahn Berrini has been researching and writing about returning veterans’ issues for over twenty-five years. She lives on the North Shore of Boston, where she writes and teaches.
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