Vietnam-era coming-of-age political fiction · Kindle · Paperback — Free with Kindle Unlimited
Night Bird
Set in 1968, Night Bird is a coming-of-age political novel about war, conscience, and one young man’s last night before the draft closes in. Joey works the graveyard shift in a small New Jersey diner while Vietnam waits in the background like a sentence already passed.
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Ball of Deception25 min
1968, the graveyard shift at a Jersey diner: a young night manager and a decorated WWI vet spar over coffee and the war calling them both.
Poster Boys24 min
Behind the counter of a 24-hour greasy spoon, a paper-hatted dreamer spins protest-era 45s while a war hero rails at the hippies on his jukebox.