"A moving novel" - VVA Magazine April 2008 Issue (Vietnam Veterans of America)
"As a therapist who treats veterans with post traumatic stress disorder, I found this book powerfully wields a new pathway for teaching others about combat trauma...it is cathartic and poetic all at once." (Jerome Beightol, PTSD Therapist and Veteran)
For the character of Dennis Michaels, a Marine and Vietnam Veteran still waging war with cycles of Survivor's Guilt and the emotion-numbing 'Body-Bag Syndrome’ he has self-administered for nearly forty years, life changes when he begins mentoring a young Marine veteran wounded in Iraq undergoing rehabilitation at Walter Reed’s Mologne House. As their personal histories of fighting for their country and their sanity intersect, they begin a cathartic journey of transforming pain into healing while honoring their Marine code of conduct: Never leave anyone behind.
Still the Monkey, What Happens to Warriors after War by Alivia C. Tagliaferri, isa reality-based work of historical fiction that portrays the mentorship of a warrior of old and a warrior of today, historically accurate depictions of battles in Vietnam and Iraq, the journey through the minds of warriors post-combat, and the rigors of rehabilitation for loss of limb, innocence and emotion.
Now on YouTube!
Artists in Depth features an 'Inside-the-Actor's Studio' inspired interview led by host Nathan Baer discussing Still the Monkey. Produced by Cinema Chaos, a crew of West Potomac Academy high school TV and Film Production students (Alexandria, VA).
