In this book, Matania is following up on his previous captivating book: ISRAELI FREEDOM FIGHTER. In these humoristic short-stories, he tells us about many episodes in his young life, who both shaped him, challenged him, and sometimes brought him to tears.Stories on the life and death at a border kibbutz. How an attractive lady played with him, bringing him to tears. His teaching, and learning from new immigrants, one, offering to buy his girlfriend. His turbulent military training, running with his gun up but rejecting an offer of Officer Training. Serving prison in a police station, his girlfriend nearby.Life at the Israeli Air-Force, Electronic Command, bring him close to death, but it was interwoven with love affairs to warm your heart.He tells us about his "invention" of the first "Walkman" at age ten. And how risking his life erecting tall military antennas, was mixed with fun too.And just as his father was about to buy the couple a home. her Dear John letter hits him in the face. And the emerging loves of other, lovely Air Force ladies he did not expect, nor seek. As he is preparing for his studies in the US, he is also determined to find a lady soldier he just saw, but no one knew her name or where she lives. Nevertheless, he found her.He tells us about the useless effort to guard the border with one gun and a few bullets, just before the war of Independence. And how, being a juvenile delinquent has its advantages too. All of these stories, and more, bring the reader fun, surprises, and light on the dynamism and vitality of the young Israeli nation.
