No More Tomorrows
"No More Tomorrows" is about the lifestyle of two typical teenagers in the forties, and how their plans for living the American dream were destroyed.  It tells a small piece of this country's history, giving me a view of World War II and lifestyles in early California from an emotional point of view, rather than from a textbook.  History books should be written more like this novel because the emotional impact encourages the reader to take it to heart; therefore remembering the details more thoroughly.  Alice LaBianca wrote this book for people of all ages who want to know the true story behind one victim of the Manson murders of 1969.  The conclusion of this book is breathtaking.  It is a novel that makes the reader want to cry while reading the clever closing to a heartwarming story.  The ending ties the entire story together and gives it additional meaning--making the reader want to read the story all over again.  This is truly a thought-provoking saga of one woman's life and where destiny leads her.  --Book report by Alyssa Wenda, age 15, October 30, 1993I have just finished reading "No More Tomorrows" and I am profoundly affected by it.  I think you have done a beautiful job of handling a very difficult subject. You have written it with good taste, sensitivity and honesty.  The most important thing is that it gives me a feeling of knowing Leno and his family, almost giving them life with the many conversations and letters.  What a fine man he was and what a stalwart family he was from.  I was touched to share his war-time letters.  Your bringing in the momentous news events that have accompanied our lives all these years made it very real for me.  The part about the grandparents' lives and Antonio leaving Italy at age 16 is a memorable and inspiring story in itself--a piece of Americana.  The photographs of the main characters were well and sparsely spaced to appreciate their impact.  I really appreciate that you focused on Leno's life and not his death.  And the ending of the book--it left me with a sense of upliftment.  --Joan P. LaMontagne, Ph.D. April 18, 1993