"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...