Jack looked at the pleading woman. North Vietnamese, South — he didn't see an enemy, he saw a mother with a helpless human life in her arms. The little fellow's eyes were shut, his nose was running and his neck was swollen completely out of proportion.

— Excerpted
from the book

If Shattered Bonds were fiction, critics might accuse the author of straining credulity in the plot: a plucky young heroine overcomes incredible odds over the course of four agonizing years to right a horrendous wrong by a diabolical villain, finally to lead a fulfilling, normal life in sunny Florida.

— Skip Sheffield
Boca Raton News

These samplers of south FLorida life by local authors are memorable long after the flavor is gone

— Marilyn Shaff
of Traces ‘N’ Tales,
Polo Trace Community