"Skateboarding the railroad tracks into an oncoming train qualified nine-year-old Kevin Brendt for every psychiatric program in the county." Thus begins Judge Jacob's epic novel Millennial Family.
Kevin is a bipolar child who never felt part of his adopted Jewish family. As a teenager, he searches for a new identity. He dumps his high school sweetheart in favor of her best friend Jennifer, and they have a baby named Heather. Fleeing a drug war they leave town in search of a normal life. Unable to escape his criminal past, Kevin battles gangsters until his house becomes a fortress. With Heather in a coma and Jennifer vowing to leave, if Kevin is to save his family, he must give up his criminal enterprise to find redemption in the service of others.
Millennial Family combines themes of faith, fear, betrayal, and forgiveness. It will appeal to anyone struggling to hold a family together in times of crisis.