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Publisher: Port Town Publishing
Release Date: 2004
ISBN: 1594660131
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Format Reviewed: Paperback
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Genre: Fictional Memoir
Reviewed: 2004
Reviewer: Jen Oliver
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Dah-Link
By A. J. Russo

     Dah-Link takes a fictional look at Mr. Russo's own family.  Dah-link is a collection of several short memoir stories.  These stories stand on their own and also work with each other as the characters are discussed throughout each story.

     Mr. Russo has displayed an ability to get readers to feel the emotions he has tried to display through his words.  Readers will laugh at some of the stories and cry at others.  Readers will also be able to relate in some fashion to the characters in the short stories in Dah-Link.  The characters, which were based on Mr. Russo's family, each have their own distinct personalities.  Mr. Russo attempted to even put in the appropriate spelling of the accented dialogues.  At times, this reader had to say the words out loud to understand what word was being used.  This helped keep the feel of the stories genuine and true to his family. 

     The short stories in Dah-Link run the gambit of all things that could happen in families, and share the importance of family and familiar relationships within a family.  Dah-Link shows the importance of generations of stories so they can continue to be told from one family member to another.