Jenny La Sala

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JENNY LA SALA'S ancestors fought in the Civil War. She is the daughter of a 101st Airborne WWII Veteran, niece to a Korean War Veteran, former spouse to a Vietnam Veteran and the sister of a Gulf War Veteran. She has a nephew currently serving in the Air Force and another with the 101st Airborne in Kuwait.

Jenny is a writer and interviewer who through her diligence and personal warmth capture the interviewee’s emotional thoughts as critical pieces in our country’s growth and understanding of what it is like to be a Veteran. In 2013, she published her 101st Airborne father's wartime letters in the book, COMES A SOLDIER’S WHISPER, opening the door for her expansion to Veteran advocacy, compassion and understanding PTSD within her own family.

VIETNAM AND BEYOND was honored as a finalist for the 2015 Eric Hoffer Book Award and was co-authored with Jim Markson, her former spouse and Vietnam Veteran. Jenny's first children's book, WHEN DADDY COMES HOME has also been honored as a finalist for the 2016 Eric Hoffer Book Award and addresses the challenges faced when Daddy returns changed by the war experience in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jenny shares a child’s journey of their parent’s military service to and from war in a unique child’s perspective. The children's sequel, WHEN MOMMY COMES HOME launched in February 2017. Jenny’s children’s books will include sequels to follow focusing on all branches of the military service.

These publications have led to collecting several hundred interviews from Veterans of all wars and have changed Jenny in a profound and totally unexpected way. She believes they will change you too. It has become her passion and life journey to feature and honor our Veteran’s service.

"God gives some of us special gifts of the sixth senses. You are a blessing to all of us veterans. We all have stories to tell and some need encouragers like you to pick us apart wound by wound to portray military service as an honor not a curse. Thank you, Jenny!"
- Robert Demetry, Vietnam Veteran

"Jenny's experience as an author and editor made her a perfect choice and fit for the editing team of National Geographic's publication, Veteran's Voices: Remarkable Stories of Heroism, Sacrifice, and Honor published in May 2016."
- George Lawson, Senior Researcher National Geographic

A Leap of Faith documents the lives and service experiences of the men and women who served post 9/11 and explores their service, their return home and how the overall experience shaped and molded them upon transitioning back to civilian life. We have a moral obligation to know our Veterans. By revealing their stories that are not in textbooks, we share an important part of history that needs to be known and passed down for generations to come. It is an honor featuring our Veteran’s stories to remember and honor their service and our history, which gives us strength and empowers us to move forward making better world and future for our children. From the Veterans of World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, Bosnia, Desert Storm the Gulf War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and now continuing issues with Syria and Russia, loved ones are looking for words that tell our troops of the past and present just how much America appreciates them. The Soldier's faith also emerged as strength and resonates through their incredible stories. Each Veteran story is preceded by their favorite psalm. For the author, this was a spiritual awakening on many levels. She hopes it will be the same for those who read A Leap of Faith.

Inspired by real interviews with war veterans, La Sala pens “When Mommy Comes Home”, a story of a little boy Declan, whose mother, Emily, becomes deployed as a U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter pilot. We have military families stationed all over the world. This children’s book is not only for the military child but children all over the globe.

 

Gia loves her daddy. When he comes home from work, he gives her big hugs, swings her in circles, and even calls her his princess! When her daddy is called to serve his country in Iraq and Afghanistan, Gia talks to him on the computer, helps bake him cookie care packages, and waits for the day he can come home. But when her daddy finally returns from his war experiences with the wounds of a warrior, Gia and her family soon discover that even though life is different, everything is still alright. When Daddy Comes Home shares a poignant story for children of a soldier’s journey to and from war as the family who loves him learns to open their hearts to change in the most positive light. Readplay App Available On Windows 8 and Windows 10 App Store HERE.

Vietnam and Beyond is a collection of wartime letters written home by Jim Markson from March 1967 to March 1968. Jim carried sadness and boxed-up memories from Vietnam. Perhaps, if it were not for the general divided and oppositional public opinion of the Vietnam War at that time, the soldiers returning home might have been able to open up and begin the healing process. Instead, those soldiers returning from Vietnam were afraid to tell their story. These fears bound each soldier to the other. We are very proud to embrace all veterans and include stories of veterans of all wars, including WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan to show the similarities of war and the soldier from one generation to another.

Comes A Soldier’s Whisper is a collection of wartime letters written by my 101st Airborne father from WWII with sentiments to be shared by many and in the process transports the reader back in time to the Greatest Generation. For your listening pleasure, this book is also available in book audio on Tafford. Buy the audio version of the book here.

My Family Compass is about a tight-knit family and the dark secrets that are bound to destroy their healthy relationship. This moving book chronicles Stone and her family’s journey into the abyss of deception, greed, pain, loss, and delusional entitlements. She aims to let the readers know, especially those who are dealing with the same problem, that they are not alone. How will Stone and her family survive through the web of pain and deceit? The answer lies between the covers of My Family Compass.