Their entire lives, they heard of what their parents did, what friendships they had through the horror of the Second World War and the love and bonds they found in one another. Now, in an even darker, more utterly terrifying world, they must go unto it, and find themselves, and make their marks in this new one.





The Liebgott's -> Hazel and Joe Liebgott's Children



Joseph 'Joe' Liebgott, Jr.

Joe Jr heads off to fight in the Vietnam war with a pack of smokes in his pocket and a smirk on his face - like his father, if he fights, he'll fight - he could bring a war all by himself.

FOCUS >> the vietnam war





Juliette Liebgott

Juliette has a voice and she has a heart - and she intends to use both. Even with her brother off to war, she still doesn't believe violence is the best medicine for a cruel world; just a little bit of art, joy, and the want for a greater future could be the right change.

FOCUS >> more art, not violence





Aster Liebgott

Aster was the quiet kid with too many loud thoughts in his head and a want to never experience the war like his mother and father did. Setting out to be the newspaper writer for his college, Aster uses parts of his letters home from his brother to truly show the horror of the war and of a world that sometimes won't just be meant for others.

FOCUS >> a journalist of war





Mara Liebgott

Mara was quiet - she knew, but she was shy and gentle as well - it only made her more inclined to be a free spirit in a world of hate, to want to bring peace and happiness. But she will discover how hard and how many tries you have to take in order to even near a happiness and a joy in such a harsh world.

FOCUS >> free spirits and the hippie movement







The Luz's -> Catherine and George Luz's Children



George Luz, Jr

George Jr goes off to war with his best friend Joe Jr, who is more like a brother and a cousin that anything else - with a sarcastic, shit-eating grin that he might've just learned from his father, and a mind that spoke more words than what could be written on the page like his mother, George decides he won't ever let a war, even one such as Vietnam, take humor from his mind. It's the good stuff ;)

FOCUS >> the vietnam war





Lana Luz

Lana, like her mother, always believed women were just as powerful as any creature on this earth. Kind, intelligent and strong in more ways than one, Lana sets it out as her duty to continue to advocate for a better world for the females of their generation, a brighter world for the future, even in one darkened by war.

FOCUS >> women's rights





Ricky Luz

Ricky's only a child and he knows that. But he hears his mother and father talking late at night past into the early hours of the next day, about his older brother, about the war, about fear, about 'what if what happens to us happens to him'. And that scared him. Mommy and Daddy were always so brave, what could scare them? So, Ricky never lets a ray of sunshine go unnoticed and when it does, he simply becomes it.

FOCUS >> the good of a dark world







The Talbert's -> Lizzie and Floyd Talbert's Children



Mallory Talbert

Mallory KNEW she had gotten just about each and every one of her mother and father's genes all in one. The sarcasm, the flirty nature, the zeroed-in sense of motivation, and quite possibly just an ounce of intelligent. Okay, more than she'd want. And having to battle that with a mass of Harvard boys? Not exactly fun, but when you start spouting off random facts from The Second World War, suddenly you're the most interesting person on the planet - and in a sarcastic manner? Even better.

FOCUS >> the college student





Everett Talbert

Everett was well.....different. He wasn't different, different, but different in the sense that his mind never was his mind sometimes - that's how his mother had described it. To describe her mental health - the hyperactivity disorder that had destroyed the second half of war for her. ADHD. He had it, just like his mother. But he was proud. Mental Health is more important than anything and by advocating for it, whenever he can step foot outside, is the right way to go - war was not - even if his two best friends who were brothers were right in it.

FOCUS >> mental health advocates





Annie Talbert

Annie knew she had to be kinder to herself, to not put herself down for it, but ADHD had quickly destroyed her life - her parents and siblings had been the only thing to build her back up. Her mother's warm words, her father's gentle hugs, Mallory's confidence in Annie and Everett's ability to relate to her and help her. But she was too inside her head sometimes, too much for her liking - she hated it. She wished she could get out of it some days - like she could put in another brain that wasn't broken. It would take a while before she learned to love who she was.

FOCUS >> severe cases of ADHD



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hello! so, these are the children of my three couples that i have loved writing and ADORE. and yes, lizzie and tab is happening - tab deserves more love :)) with these children, i hope to focus on issues that are relevant to what their parents went through - being the quiet kid, women's rights, civil rights movement, mental health, the hippie movement, more peace - less violence, the vietnam war, art, LGBT rights (in the 60s mainly), etc, things like that - even though i'm not sure how many of these i'll be able to hit on because i don't want o misrepresent them and i don't know if i'm going to have enough time in this book to do so as i am planning my other bob book - Landslide - at the current moment. but these are topics that i hope to tap in on throughout the course of discussing these 10 children <3