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"Brevis" by Valerie Schultz on Valley Writers Read

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This week on Valley Writers Read, we hear a story by local author Valerie Schultz, titled "Brevis."  Join us as we hear how a daughter takes on the difficult task of caring for her belligerent father, whose health is deteriorating. 

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Franz Weinschenk, his parents and his older brother Fritz were indeed lucky to get out of Germany just before World War II. For a while they lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., before moving to Madera, CA. He graduated from Madera High and Fresno State. From 1948 to 1952 he taught at Edison High School in Fresno after which he was drafted and served in the US Army for two years.